#238B6A#238B6A

#238B6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.106 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#238B6A
RGBrgb(35, 139, 106)
HSLhsl(161, 60%, 34%)
HSVhsv(161, 75%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(74.8%, 0%, 23.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(51.68, -37.28, 9.41)
CIE-LCHlch(51.68, 38.45, 165.84°)
OKLaboklab(57.03% -0.1031 0.024)
OKLCHoklch(57.03% 0.106 166.9)
XYZxyz(12.5259, 19.8617, 16.8064)
Luminance0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#238B6A #8B2344
analogous
#238B36 #238B6A #23788B
triadic
#238B6A #6A238B #8B6A23
tetradic
#238B6A #36238B #8B2344 #788B23
square
#238B6A #36238B #8B2344 #788B23
split-complementary
#238B6A #8B2378 #8B3623
monochromatic
#0A291F #175A45 #238B6A #2FBC8F #54D4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22
#238B6A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97
#238B6A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B6A
4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##238B6A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##238B6A1.004.224.974.97
#FFFFFF4.221.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9721.001.001.00
##0000004.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#888168
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A776C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008C82
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #238b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.106 166.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae94',
    500: '#238b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #238b6a;
$custom-light: #6eae94;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#238b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.962,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57032,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#238B6A
secondary
#B85272
accent
#4577E3
background
#F7FAF9
surface
#EDF4F1
border
#C8CECB
text
#08100D
muted
#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B6A

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#238B6A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva