#238C6E#238C6E

#238C6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.104 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C6E
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 110)
HSL	hsl(163, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(163, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 21.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, -36.71, 7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 37.51, 168.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% -0.1022 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.104 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8842, 20.2378, 17.9761)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C6E #8C2341

analogous

#238C3A #238C6E #23768C

triadic

#238C6E #6E238C #8C6E23

tetradic

#238C6E #3A238C #8C2341 #768C23

square

#238C6E #3A238C #8C2341 #768C23

split-complementary

#238C6E #8C2376 #8C3A23

monochromatic

#0B2A21 #175B48 #238C6E #2FBD94 #55D4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#238C6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#238C6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C6E

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C6E	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88826C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.104 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae97',
    500: '#238c6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c6e;
$custom-light: #6fae97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57412,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C6E

secondary

#B85270

accent

#4572E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C6E

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

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