#238B5E#238B5E

#238B5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.116 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B5E
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 94)
HSL	hsl(154, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(154, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 32.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, -40.14, 15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 43.17, 158.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% -0.1092 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.116 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9449, 19.6293, 13.7468)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B5E #8B2350

analogous

#238B2A #238B5E #23848B

triadic

#238B5E #5E238B #8B5E23

tetradic

#238B5E #2A238B #8B2350 #848B23

square

#238B5E #2A238B #8B2350 #848B23

split-complementary

#238B5E #8B2384 #8B2A23

monochromatic

#0A291C #175A3D #238B5E #2FBC7F #54D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#238B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#238B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B5E

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B5E	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89805B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.116 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8c',
    500: '#238b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b5e;
$custom-light: #6eae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.038,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56727,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B5E

secondary

#B8527E

accent

#4589E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B5E

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

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