#238C5A#238C5A

#238C5A is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.121 H 157.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C5A
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 90)
HSL	hsl(151, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(151, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 35.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, -41.43, 18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 45.37, 155.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% -0.1122 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.121 157.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9155, 19.8503, 12.8744)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C5A #8C2355

analogous

#238C26 #238C5A #238A8C

triadic

#238C5A #5A238C #8C5A23

tetradic

#238C5A #26238C #8C2355 #8A8C23

square

#238C5A #26238C #8C2355 #8A8C23

split-complementary

#238C5A #8C238A #8C2623

monochromatic

#0B2A1B #175B3B #238C5A #2FBD79 #55D498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#238C5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#238C5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C5A

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C5A	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)

#8B8157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E775D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.121 157.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae89',
    500: '#238c5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c5a;
$custom-light: #6eae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56908,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 157.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C5A

secondary

#B85283

accent

#4590E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C5A

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

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