#238B57#238B57

#238B57 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.123 H 156.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B57
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 87)
HSL	hsl(150, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(150, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 37.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, -41.66, 19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 46.06, 154.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% -0.1126 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.123 156.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6449, 19.5093, 12.1669)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B57 #8B2357

analogous

#238B23 #238B57 #238B8B

triadic

#238B57 #57238B #8B5723

tetradic

#238B57 #23238B #8B2357 #8B8B23

square

#238B57 #23238B #8B2357 #8B8B23

split-complementary

#238B57 #8B238B #8B2323

monochromatic

#0A291A #175A38 #238B57 #2FBC76 #54D494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#238B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#238B57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B57

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B57	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.123 156.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae87',
    500: '#238b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b57;
$custom-light: #6eae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56569,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 156.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B57

secondary

#B85285

accent

#4594E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B57

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

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