#238B6F#238B6F

#238B6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.102 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B6F
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 111)
HSL	hsl(164, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(164, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 20.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, -36.01, 6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 36.62, 169.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% -0.1006 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.102 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.7935, 19.9688, 18.2159)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B6F #8B233F

analogous

#238B3B #238B6F #23738B

triadic

#238B6F #6F238B #8B6F23

tetradic

#238B6F #3B238B #8B233F #738B23

square

#238B6F #3B238B #8B233F #738B23

split-complementary

#238B6F #8B2373 #8B3B23

monochromatic

#0A2921 #175A48 #238B6F #2FBC96 #54D4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#238B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#238B6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B6F

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B6F	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)

#87816E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.102 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead98',
    500: '#238b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b6f;
$custom-light: #6ead98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.846,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57172,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B6F

secondary

#B8526D

accent

#456FE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B6F

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

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