#238B69#238B69

#238B69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.107 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B69
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 105)
HSL	hsl(160, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(160, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 24.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, -37.53, 9.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 38.83, 165.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% -0.1036 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.107 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4742, 19.8410, 16.5341)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B69 #8B2345

analogous

#238B35 #238B69 #23798B

triadic

#238B69 #69238B #8B6923

tetradic

#238B69 #35238B #8B2345 #798B23

square

#238B69 #35238B #8B2345 #798B23

split-complementary

#238B69 #8B2379 #8B3523

monochromatic

#0A291F #175A44 #238B69 #2FBC8E #54D4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#238B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#238B69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B69

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B69	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A776B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.107 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae94',
    500: '#238b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b69;
$custom-light: #6eae94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.385,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57005,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B69

secondary

#B85273

accent

#4579E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F1

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B69

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

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