#238B61#238B61

#238B61 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.114 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B61
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 97)
HSL	hsl(156, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(156, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 30.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, -39.45, 14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 41.96, 160.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% -0.1077 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.114 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0822, 19.6842, 14.4696)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B61 #8B234D

analogous

#238B2D #238B61 #23818B

triadic

#238B61 #61238B #8B6123

tetradic

#238B61 #2D238B #8B234D #818B23

square

#238B61 #2D238B #8B234D #818B23

split-complementary

#238B61 #8B2381 #8B2D23

monochromatic

#0A291D #175A3F #238B61 #2FBC83 #54D4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#238B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#238B61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B61

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B61	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89805F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.114 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8e',
    500: '#238b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b61;
$custom-light: #6eae8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.769,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.568,
    "c": 0.11362,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B61

secondary

#B8527B

accent

#4585E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B61

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

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