#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
RGBrgb(35, 142, 92)
HSLhsl(152, 60%, 35%)
HSVhsv(152, 75%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(75.4%, 0%, 35.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.37, -41.81, 18.33)
CIE-LCHlch(52.37, 45.65, 156.33°)
OKLaboklab(57.5% -0.1133 0.0462)
OKLCHoklch(57.5% 0.122 157.8)
XYZxyz(12.2967, 20.4746, 13.4271)
Luminance0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##238E5C1.004.125.105.10
#FFFFFF4.121.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1021.001.001.00
##0000005.1021.001.001.00

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

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#238E5C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva