#238B6E#238B6E

#238B6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.103 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B6E
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 110)
HSL	hsl(163, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(163, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 20.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, -36.27, 7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 36.98, 168.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% -0.1011 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.103 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7387, 19.9469, 17.9276)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B6E #8B2340

analogous

#238B3A #238B6E #23748B

triadic

#238B6E #6E238B #8B6E23

tetradic

#238B6E #3A238B #8B2340 #748B23

square

#238B6E #3A238B #8B2340 #748B23

split-complementary

#238B6E #8B2374 #8B3A23

monochromatic

#0A2921 #175A47 #238B6E #2FBC95 #54D4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#238B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#238B6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B6E

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B6E	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.103 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead97',
    500: '#238b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b6e;
$custom-light: #6ead97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.269,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57143,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B6E

secondary

#B8526E

accent

#4571E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B6E

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

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