#238E5C#238E5C

#238E5C is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.122 H 157.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E5C
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 92)
HSL	hsl(152, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(152, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 35.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, -41.81, 18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 45.65, 156.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% -0.1133 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.122 157.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2967, 20.4746, 13.4271)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E5C #8E2355

analogous

#238E27 #238E5C #238A8E

triadic

#238E5C #5C238E #8E5C23

tetradic

#238E5C #27238E #8E2355 #8A8E23

square

#238E5C #27238E #8E2355 #8A8E23

split-complementary

#238E5C #8E238A #8E2723

monochromatic

#0B2C1C #175D3C #238E5C #2FBF7C #56D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#238E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#238E5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E5C

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E5C	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)

#8D8359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80795F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.122 157.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb08a',
    500: '#238e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e5c;
$custom-light: #6fb08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.963,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57499,
    "c": 0.12235,
    "h": 157.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E5C

secondary

#B95383

accent

#448FE4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E5C

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

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