#238B63#238B63

#238B63 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.112 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B63
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 99)
HSL	hsl(157, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(157, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 28.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, -38.98, 13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 41.16, 161.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% -0.1067 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.112 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1766, 19.7220, 14.9669)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B63 #8B234B

analogous

#238B2F #238B63 #237F8B

triadic

#238B63 #63238B #8B6323

tetradic

#238B63 #2F238B #8B234B #7F8B23

square

#238B63 #2F238B #8B234B #7F8B23

split-complementary

#238B63 #8B237F #8B2F23

monochromatic

#0A291D #175A40 #238B63 #2FBC86 #54D4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#238B63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#238B63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B63

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B63	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)

#898061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.112 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8f',
    500: '#238b63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b63;
$custom-light: #6eae8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.923,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56849,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B63

secondary

#B85279

accent

#4582E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B63

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

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