#238D5E#238D5E

#238D5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.119 H 159.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D5E
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 94)
HSL	hsl(153, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(153, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 33.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, -40.97, 16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 44.28, 157.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% -0.1113 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.119 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2372, 20.2138, 13.8442)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D5E #8D2352

analogous

#238D29 #238D5E #23878D

triadic

#238D5E #5E238D #8D5E23

tetradic

#238D5E #29238D #8D2352 #878D23

square

#238D5E #29238D #8D2352 #878D23

split-complementary

#238D5E #8D2387 #8D2923

monochromatic

#0B2B1D #175C3D #238D5E #2FBE7F #55D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#238D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#238D5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D5E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D5E	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B825B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.119 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaf8c',
    500: '#238d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d5e;
$custom-light: #6eaf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.396,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57272,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D5E

secondary

#B95380

accent

#448BE3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D5E

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

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