#238B5A#238B5A

#238B5A is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.120 H 157.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B5A
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 90)
HSL	hsl(152, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(152, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 35.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, -41.02, 18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 44.82, 156.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% -0.1112 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.12 157.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7701, 19.5594, 12.8259)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B5A #8B2354

analogous

#238B26 #238B5A #23888B

triadic

#238B5A #5A238B #8B5A23

tetradic

#238B5A #26238B #8B2354 #888B23

square

#238B5A #26238B #8B2354 #888B23

split-complementary

#238B5A #8B2388 #8B2623

monochromatic

#0A291B #175A3A #238B5A #2FBC7A #54D498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#238B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#238B5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B5A

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B5A	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)

#8A8057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.120 157.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae89',
    500: '#238b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b5a;
$custom-light: #6eae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.731,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56635,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 157.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B5A

secondary

#B85282

accent

#458FE3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B5A

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

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