#238D5F#238D5F

#238D5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.118 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D5F
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 95)
HSL	hsl(154, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(154, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 32.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, -40.74, 16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 43.87, 158.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% -0.1108 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.118 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2823, 20.2319, 14.0821)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D5F #8D2351

analogous

#238D2A #238D5F #23868D

triadic

#238D5F #5F238D #8D5F23

tetradic

#238D5F #2A238D #8D2351 #868D23

square

#238D5F #2A238D #8D2351 #868D23

split-complementary

#238D5F #8D2386 #8D2A23

monochromatic

#0B2B1D #175C3E #238D5F #2FBE80 #55D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#238D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#238D5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D5F

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D5F	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)

#8B825C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.118 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaf8c',
    500: '#238d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d5f;
$custom-light: #6eaf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.962,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57296,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D5F

secondary

#B9537F

accent

#4489E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D5F

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

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