#238C5F#238C5F

#238C5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.117 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C5F
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 95)
HSL	hsl(154, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(154, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 32.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, -40.33, 15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 43.32, 158.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% -0.1097 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.117 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1355, 19.9383, 14.0332)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C5F #8C2350

analogous

#238C2B #238C5F #23858C

triadic

#238C5F #5F238C #8C5F23

tetradic

#238C5F #2B238C #8C2350 #858C23

square

#238C5F #2B238C #8C2350 #858C23

split-complementary

#238C5F #8C2385 #8C2B23

monochromatic

#0B2A1D #175B3E #238C5F #2FBD80 #55D49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#238C5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#238C5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C5F

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C5F	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A815C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.117 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8c',
    500: '#238c5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c5f;
$custom-light: #6eae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57024,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C5F

secondary

#B8527E

accent

#4589E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C5F

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

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