#238C5E#238C5E

#238C5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.118 H 159.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C5E
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 94)
HSL	hsl(154, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(154, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 32.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.75, -40.55, 16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.75, 43.72, 158.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57% -0.1102 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.118 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0904, 19.9202, 13.7953)
Luminance	0.1992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C5E #8C2351

analogous

#238C29 #238C5E #23868C

triadic

#238C5E #5E238C #8C5E23

tetradic

#238C5E #29238C #8C2351 #868C23

square

#238C5E #29238C #8C2351 #868C23

split-complementary

#238C5E #8C2386 #8C2923

monochromatic

#0B2A1C #175B3D #238C5E #2FBD7F #55D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#238C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#238C5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C5E

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C5E	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	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)

#8A815B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.118 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8c',
    500: '#238c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c5e;
$custom-light: #6eae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C5E

secondary

#B8527F

accent

#458AE3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C5E

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

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