#238E59#238E59

#238E59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.125 H 156.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E59
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(150, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(150, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 37.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, -42.45, 19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 46.90, 154.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% -0.1148 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.125 156.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1681, 20.4232, 12.7500)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E59 #8E2358

analogous

#238E23 #238E59 #238E8E

triadic

#238E59 #59238E #8E5923

tetradic

#238E59 #23238E #8E2358 #8E8E23

square

#238E59 #23238E #8E2358 #8E8E23

split-complementary

#238E59 #8E238E #8E2323

monochromatic

#0B2C1B #175D3A #238E59 #2FBF78 #56D596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#238E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#238E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E59

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E59	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80795C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.125 156.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb088',
    500: '#238e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e59;
$custom-light: #6fb088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.28,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57433,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 156.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E59

secondary

#B95386

accent

#4493E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E59

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

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