#238B62#238B62

#238B62 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.113 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B62
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 98)
HSL	hsl(156, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(156, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 29.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, -39.22, 13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 41.56, 160.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% -0.1072 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.113 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1291, 19.7030, 14.7167)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B62 #8B234C

analogous

#238B2E #238B62 #23808B

triadic

#238B62 #62238B #8B6223

tetradic

#238B62 #2E238B #8B234C #808B23

square

#238B62 #2E238B #8B234C #808B23

split-complementary

#238B62 #8B2380 #8B2E23

monochromatic

#0A291D #175A40 #238B62 #2FBC84 #54D4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#238B62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#238B62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B62

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B62	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)

#898060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.113 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8e',
    500: '#238b62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b62;
$custom-light: #6eae8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.346,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56824,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B62

secondary

#B8527A

accent

#4583E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B62

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

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