#238E5E#238E5E

#238E5E is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.120 H 158.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E5E
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 94)
HSL	hsl(153, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(153, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 33.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, -41.38, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 44.83, 157.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% -0.1123 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.12 158.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3853, 20.5100, 13.8936)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E5E #8E2353

analogous

#238E28 #238E5E #23898E

triadic

#238E5E #5E238E #8E5E23

tetradic

#238E5E #28238E #8E2353 #898E23

square

#238E5E #28238E #8E2353 #898E23

split-complementary

#238E5E #8E2389 #8E2823

monochromatic

#0B2C1D #175D3D #238E5E #2FBF7F #56D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#238E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#238E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E5E

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E5E	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)

#8D835B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.120 158.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb08c',
    500: '#238e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e5e;
$custom-light: #6fb08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.084,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57545,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 158.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E5E

secondary

#B95381

accent

#448CE4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E5E

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

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