#238A6A#238A6A

#238A6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.105 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A6A
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 106)
HSL	hsl(161, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(161, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 23.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, -36.84, 8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 37.91, 166.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% -0.1021 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.105 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3817, 19.5734, 16.7584)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A6A #8A2343

analogous

#238A37 #238A6A #23778A

triadic

#238A6A #6A238A #8A6A23

tetradic

#238A6A #37238A #8A2343 #778A23

square

#238A6A #37238A #8A2343 #778A23

split-complementary

#238A6A #8A2377 #8A3723

monochromatic

#0A281F #175945 #238A6A #2FBB8F #54D4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#238A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#238A6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A6A

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A6A	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878068

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79766C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.105 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead94',
    500: '#238a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a6a;
$custom-light: #6ead94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.359,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56763,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A6A

secondary

#B75171

accent

#4576E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F1

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A6A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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