#238C5C#238C5C

#238C5C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.120 H 158.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C5C
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 92)
HSL	hsl(153, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(153, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 34.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, -40.99, 17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 44.55, 156.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% -0.1112 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.12 158.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0018, 19.8848, 13.3288)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C5C #8C2353

analogous

#238C27 #238C5C #23888C

triadic

#238C5C #5C238C #8C5C23

tetradic

#238C5C #27238C #8C2353 #888C23

square

#238C5C #27238C #8C2353 #888C23

split-complementary

#238C5C #8C2388 #8C2723

monochromatic

#0B2A1C #175B3C #238C5C #2FBD7C #55D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#238C5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#238C5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C5C

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C5C	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E785F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.120 158.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8a',
    500: '#238c5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c5c;
$custom-light: #6eae8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56954,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 158.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C5C

secondary

#B85281

accent

#458DE3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C5C

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

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