#238D59#238D59

#238D59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.124 H 156.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D59
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(151, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(151, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 36.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, -42.05, 19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 46.34, 155.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% -0.1137 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.124 156.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0200, 20.1269, 12.7007)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D59 #8D2357

analogous

#238D24 #238D59 #238C8D

triadic

#238D59 #59238D #8D5923

tetradic

#238D59 #24238D #8D2357 #8C8D23

square

#238D59 #24238D #8D2357 #8C8D23

split-complementary

#238D59 #8D238C #8D2423

monochromatic

#0B2B1B #175C3A #238D59 #2FBE78 #55D596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#238D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#238D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D59

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D59	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)

#8C8156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F785C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.124 156.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaf88',
    500: '#238d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d59;
$custom-light: #6eaf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.566,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5716,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 156.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D59

secondary

#B95385

accent

#4492E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5EF

border

#C8CFCA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D59

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

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