#238B60#238B60

#238B60 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.115 H 160.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B60
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 96)
HSL	hsl(155, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(155, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 30.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, -39.68, 14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 42.36, 159.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% -0.1082 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.115 160.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0358, 19.6657, 14.2256)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B60 #8B234E

analogous

#238B2C #238B60 #23828B

triadic

#238B60 #60238B #8B6023

tetradic

#238B60 #2C238B #8B234E #828B23

square

#238B60 #2C238B #8B234E #828B23

split-complementary

#238B60 #8B2382 #8B2C23

monochromatic

#0A291C #175A3E #238B60 #2FBC82 #54D49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#238B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#238B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B60

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B60	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)

#89805D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.115 160.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8d',
    500: '#238b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b60;
$custom-light: #6eae8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.192,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56775,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 160.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B60

secondary

#B8527C

accent

#4586E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B60

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

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