#238B5C#238B5C

#238B5C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.118 H 158.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B5C
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 92)
HSL	hsl(153, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(153, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 33.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, -40.58, 16.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 43.99, 157.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% -0.1102 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.118 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8563, 19.5939, 13.2803)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B5C #8B2352

analogous

#238B28 #238B5C #23868B

triadic

#238B5C #5C238B #8B5C23

tetradic

#238B5C #28238B #8B2352 #868B23

square

#238B5C #28238B #8B2352 #868B23

split-complementary

#238B5C #8B2386 #8B2823

monochromatic

#0A291B #175A3C #238B5C #2FBC7C #54D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#238B5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#238B5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B5C

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B5C	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)

#8A8059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.118 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8a',
    500: '#238b5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b5c;
$custom-light: #6eae8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.885,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56681,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B5C

secondary

#B85280

accent

#458CE3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B5C

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

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