#238B59#238B59

#238B59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.121 H 157.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B59
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(151, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(151, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, -41.23, 18.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 45.23, 155.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% -0.1117 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.121 157.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7278, 19.5425, 12.6032)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B59 #8B2355

analogous

#238B25 #238B59 #23898B

triadic

#238B59 #59238B #8B5923

tetradic

#238B59 #25238B #8B2355 #898B23

square

#238B59 #25238B #8B2355 #898B23

split-complementary

#238B59 #8B2389 #8B2523

monochromatic

#0A291A #175A3A #238B59 #2FBC78 #54D497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#238B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#238B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B59

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B59	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)

#8A8056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.121 157.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae88',
    500: '#238b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b59;
$custom-light: #6eae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.154,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56613,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 157.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B59

secondary

#B85283

accent

#4591E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B59

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

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