#238E5F#238E5F

#238E5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.120 H 159.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E5F
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 95)
HSL	hsl(154, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(154, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 33.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, -41.16, 16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 44.42, 157.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% -0.1118 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.12 159.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4304, 20.5281, 14.1315)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E5F #8E2352

analogous

#238E2A #238E5F #23888E

triadic

#238E5F #5F238E #8E5F23

tetradic

#238E5F #2A238E #8E2352 #888E23

square

#238E5F #2A238E #8E2352 #888E23

split-complementary

#238E5F #8E2388 #8E2A23

monochromatic

#0B2C1D #175D3E #238E5F #2FBF80 #56D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#238E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#238E5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E5F

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E5F	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C835C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.120 159.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb08c',
    500: '#238e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e5f;
$custom-light: #6fb08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.645,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57568,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 159.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E5F

secondary

#B95380

accent

#448AE4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E5F

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

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