#238C6F#238C6F

#238C6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.103 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C6F
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 111)
HSL	hsl(163, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(163, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 20.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, -36.45, 7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 37.15, 168.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% -0.1017 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.103 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.9389, 20.2597, 18.2644)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C6F #8C2340

analogous

#238C3B #238C6F #23758C

triadic

#238C6F #6F238C #8C6F23

tetradic

#238C6F #3B238C #8C2340 #758C23

square

#238C6F #3B238C #8C2340 #758C23

split-complementary

#238C6F #8C2375 #8C3B23

monochromatic

#0B2A21 #175B48 #238C6F #2FBD96 #55D4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#238C6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#238C6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C6F

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C6F	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)

#88826E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.103 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae98',
    500: '#238c6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c6f;
$custom-light: #6fae98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5744,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C6F

secondary

#B8526F

accent

#4570E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C6F

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

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