#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
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 106)
HSL	hsl(161, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(161, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 23.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, -37.28, 9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 38.45, 165.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% -0.1031 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.106 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5259, 19.8617, 16.8064)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##238B6A	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	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)

#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

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

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