#238C5B#238C5B

#238C5B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.121 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C5B
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 91)
HSL	hsl(152, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(152, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 35%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, -41.21, 17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 44.96, 156.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% -0.1117 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.121 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9584, 19.8674, 13.1001)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C5B #8C2354

analogous

#238C27 #238C5B #23898C

triadic

#238C5B #5B238C #8C5B23

tetradic

#238C5B #27238C #8C2354 #898C23

square

#238C5B #27238C #8C2354 #898C23

split-complementary

#238C5B #8C2389 #8C2723

monochromatic

#0B2A1B #175B3B #238C5B #2FBD7B #55D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#238C5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#238C5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C5B

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C5B	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	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)

#8B8158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E775E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.121 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae89',
    500: '#238c5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c5b;
$custom-light: #6eae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56931,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C5B

secondary

#B85282

accent

#458FE3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C5B

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

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