#238C59#238C59

#238C59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.122 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C59
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 89)
HSL	hsl(151, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(151, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 36.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, -41.64, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 45.79, 155.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% -0.1127 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.122 157)
XYZ	xyz(11.8732, 19.8334, 12.6517)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C59 #8C2356

analogous

#238C25 #238C59 #238B8C

triadic

#238C59 #59238C #8C5923

tetradic

#238C59 #25238C #8C2356 #8B8C23

square

#238C59 #25238C #8C2356 #8B8C23

split-complementary

#238C59 #8C238B #8C2523

monochromatic

#0B2A1B #175B3A #238C59 #2FBD78 #55D497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#238C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#238C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C59

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C59	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	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)

#8B8156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E775C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.122 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae88',
    500: '#238c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c59;
$custom-light: #6eae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56886,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.19835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C59

secondary

#B85284

accent

#4592E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C59

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

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