#238B5B#238B5B

#238B5B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.119 H 158.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B5B
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 91)
HSL	hsl(152, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(152, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 34.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, -40.80, 17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 44.40, 156.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% -0.1107 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.119 158.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8129, 19.5765, 13.0516)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B5B #8B2353

analogous

#238B27 #238B5B #23878B

triadic

#238B5B #5B238B #8B5B23

tetradic

#238B5B #27238B #8B2353 #878B23

square

#238B5B #27238B #8B2353 #878B23

split-complementary

#238B5B #8B2387 #8B2723

monochromatic

#0A291B #175A3B #238B5B #2FBC7B #54D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#238B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#238B5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B5B

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B5B	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)

#8A8058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.119 158.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae89',
    500: '#238b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b5b;
$custom-light: #6eae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.308,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56658,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 158.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B5B

secondary

#B85281

accent

#458EE3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B5B

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

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