#238D6D#238D6D

#238D6D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.106 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D6D
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 109)
HSL	hsl(162, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(162, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 22.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, -37.40, 8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 38.40, 166.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.1038 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.106 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9768, 20.5097, 17.7399)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D6D #8D2343

analogous

#238D38 #238D6D #23788D

triadic

#238D6D #6D238D #8D6D23

tetradic

#238D6D #38238D #8D2343 #788D23

square

#238D6D #38238D #8D2343 #788D23

split-complementary

#238D6D #8D2378 #8D3823

monochromatic

#0B2B21 #175C47 #238D6D #2FBE93 #55D5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#238D6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#238D6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D6D

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D6D	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89836B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C796F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.106 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faf96',
    500: '#238d6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d6d;
$custom-light: #6faf96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.887,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57653,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D6D

secondary

#B95372

accent

#4474E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D6D

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

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