#238D5B#238D5B

#238D5B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.122 H 157.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D5B
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 91)
HSL	hsl(152, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(152, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 35.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, -41.62, 18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 45.51, 156.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% -0.1128 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.122 157.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1051, 20.1610, 13.1490)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D5B #8D2355

analogous

#238D26 #238D5B #238A8D

triadic

#238D5B #5B238D #8D5B23

tetradic

#238D5B #26238D #8D2355 #8A8D23

square

#238D5B #26238D #8D2355 #8A8D23

split-complementary

#238D5B #8D238A #8D2623

monochromatic

#0B2B1C #175C3B #238D5B #2FBE7B #55D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#238D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#238D5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D5B

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D5B	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#8C8258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F785E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.122 157.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaf89',
    500: '#238d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d5b;
$custom-light: #6eaf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.698,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57204,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 157.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D5B

secondary

#B95383

accent

#448FE3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D5B

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

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