#238A6C#238A6C

#238A6C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.103 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A6C
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 108)
HSL	hsl(163, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(163, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 21.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, -36.34, 7.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 37.17, 167.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% -0.1011 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.103 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4869, 19.6155, 17.3125)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A6C #8A2341

analogous

#238A39 #238A6C #23758A

triadic

#238A6C #6C238A #8A6C23

tetradic

#238A6C #39238A #8A2341 #758A23

square

#238A6C #39238A #8A2341 #758A23

split-complementary

#238A6C #8A2375 #8A3923

monochromatic

#0A2820 #175946 #238A6C #2FBB92 #54D4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#238A6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#238A6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A6C

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A6C	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)

#86806A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79766E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.103 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead96',
    500: '#238a6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a6c;
$custom-light: #6ead96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.524,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56818,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A6C

secondary

#B7516F

accent

#4573E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F1

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A6C

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

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