#238B6B#238B6B

#238B6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.105 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B6B
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 107)
HSL	hsl(162, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(162, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 23%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, -37.03, 8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 38.08, 166.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% -0.1026 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.105 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5782, 19.8826, 17.0819)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B6B #8B2343

analogous

#238B37 #238B6B #23778B

triadic

#238B6B #6B238B #8B6B23

tetradic

#238B6B #37238B #8B2343 #778B23

square

#238B6B #37238B #8B2343 #778B23

split-complementary

#238B6B #8B2377 #8B3723

monochromatic

#0A2920 #175A45 #238B6B #2FBC91 #54D4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#238B6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#238B6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B6B

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B6B	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A776D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.105 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead95',
    500: '#238b6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b6b;
$custom-light: #6ead95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.538,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5706,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B6B

secondary

#B85271

accent

#4576E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F1

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B6B

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

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