#238B58#238B58

#238B58 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.122 H 156.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B58
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 88)
HSL	hsl(151, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(151, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 36.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, -41.45, 19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 45.65, 155.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% -0.1121 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.122 156.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6861, 19.5258, 12.3836)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B58 #8B2356

analogous

#238B24 #238B58 #238A8B

triadic

#238B58 #58238B #8B5823

tetradic

#238B58 #24238B #8B2356 #8A8B23

square

#238B58 #24238B #8B2356 #8A8B23

split-complementary

#238B58 #8B238A #8B2423

monochromatic

#0A291A #175A39 #238B58 #2FBC77 #54D495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#238B58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#238B58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B58

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B58	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.122 156.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae87',
    500: '#238b58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b58;
$custom-light: #6eae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.577,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5659,
    "c": 0.12201,
    "h": 156.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B58

secondary

#B85284

accent

#4592E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B58

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

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