#238D5A#238D5A

#238D5A is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.123 H 157.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D5A
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 90)
HSL	hsl(151, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(151, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 36.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, -41.84, 18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 45.93, 155.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% -0.1132 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.123 157.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0623, 20.1439, 12.9233)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D5A #8D2356

analogous

#238D25 #238D5A #238B8D

triadic

#238D5A #5A238D #8D5A23

tetradic

#238D5A #25238D #8D2356 #8B8D23

square

#238D5A #25238D #8D2356 #8B8D23

split-complementary

#238D5A #8D238B #8D2523

monochromatic

#0B2B1B #175C3B #238D5A #2FBE79 #55D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#238D5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#238D5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D5A

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D5A	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)

#8C8257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F785D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.123 157.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaf89',
    500: '#238d5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d5a;
$custom-light: #6eaf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.132,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57182,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 157.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D5A

secondary

#B95384

accent

#4491E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D5A

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

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