#238E5B#238E5B

#238E5B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.123 H 157.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E5B
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 91)
HSL	hsl(151, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(151, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 35.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, -42.03, 18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 46.07, 155.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% -0.1138 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.123 157.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2533, 20.4572, 13.1984)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E5B #8E2356

analogous

#238E26 #238E5B #238C8E

triadic

#238E5B #5B238E #8E5B23

tetradic

#238E5B #26238E #8E2356 #8C8E23

square

#238E5B #26238E #8E2356 #8C8E23

split-complementary

#238E5B #8E238C #8E2623

monochromatic

#0B2C1C #175D3C #238E5B #2FBF7A #56D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#238E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#238E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E5B

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E5B	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80795E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.123 157.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb089',
    500: '#238e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e5b;
$custom-light: #6fb089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.402,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57477,
    "c": 0.1233,
    "h": 157.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E5B

secondary

#B95384

accent

#4490E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E5B

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

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