#238B65#238B65

#238B65 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.110 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B65
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 101)
HSL	hsl(158, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(158, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 27.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, -38.51, 12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 40.37, 162.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% -0.1057 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.11 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2734, 19.7607, 15.4768)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B65 #8B2349

analogous

#238B31 #238B65 #237D8B

triadic

#238B65 #65238B #8B6523

tetradic

#238B65 #31238B #8B2349 #7D8B23

square

#238B65 #31238B #8B2349 #7D8B23

split-complementary

#238B65 #8B237D #8B3123

monochromatic

#0A291E #175A41 #238B65 #2FBC89 #54D4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#238B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#238B65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B65

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B65	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.110 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae91',
    500: '#238b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b65;
$custom-light: #6eae91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.077,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.569,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B65

secondary

#B85277

accent

#457FE3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B65

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

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