#238C5D#238C5D

#238C5D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.119 H 158.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C5D
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 93)
HSL	hsl(153, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(153, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 33.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, -40.77, 16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 44.13, 157.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% -0.1107 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.119 158.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0458, 19.9024, 13.5605)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C5D #8C2352

analogous

#238C29 #238C5D #23878C

triadic

#238C5D #5D238C #8C5D23

tetradic

#238C5D #29238C #8C2352 #878C23

square

#238C5D #29238C #8C2352 #878C23

split-complementary

#238C5D #8C2387 #8C2923

monochromatic

#0B2A1C #175B3C #238C5D #2FBD7E #55D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#238C5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#238C5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C5D

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C5D	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)

#8B815A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.119 158.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8b',
    500: '#238c5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c5d;
$custom-light: #6eae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56977,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 158.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C5D

secondary

#B85280

accent

#458CE3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C5D

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

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