#238B5D#238B5D

#238B5D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.117 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B5D
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 93)
HSL	hsl(153, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(153, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 33.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, -40.36, 16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 43.58, 157.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% -0.1097 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.117 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9003, 19.6115, 13.5120)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B5D #8B2351

analogous

#238B29 #238B5D #23858B

triadic

#238B5D #5D238B #8B5D23

tetradic

#238B5D #29238B #8B2351 #858B23

square

#238B5D #29238B #8B2351 #858B23

split-complementary

#238B5D #8B2385 #8B2923

monochromatic

#0A291C #175A3C #238B5D #2FBC7E #54D49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#238B5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#238B5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B5D

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B5D	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)

#89805A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.117 159.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8b',
    500: '#238b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b5d;
$custom-light: #6eae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.462,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56704,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B5D

secondary

#B8527F

accent

#458BE3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B5D

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

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