#238C69#238C69

#238C69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.108 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C69
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 105)
HSL	hsl(160, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(160, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 25%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, -37.97, 10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 39.37, 164.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% -0.1047 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.108 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6196, 20.1319, 16.5826)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C69 #8C2346

analogous

#238C35 #238C69 #237B8C

triadic

#238C69 #69238C #8C6923

tetradic

#238C69 #35238C #8C2346 #7B8C23

square

#238C69 #35238C #8C2346 #7B8C23

split-complementary

#238C69 #8C237B #8C3523

monochromatic

#0B2A20 #175B44 #238C69 #2FBD8E #55D4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#238C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#238C69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C69

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C69	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B786B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.108 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae94',
    500: '#238c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c69;
$custom-light: #6eae94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57275,
    "c": 0.10804,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C69

secondary

#B85274

accent

#4579E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F1

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C69

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

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