#238E62#238E62

#238E62 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.117 H 160.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E62
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 98)
HSL	hsl(155, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(155, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 31%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, -40.48, 15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 43.21, 159.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% -0.1103 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.117 160.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5694, 20.5837, 14.8635)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E62 #8E234F

analogous

#238E2C #238E62 #23858E

triadic

#238E62 #62238E #8E6223

tetradic

#238E62 #2C238E #8E234F #858E23

square

#238E62 #2C238E #8E234F #858E23

split-complementary

#238E62 #8E2385 #8E2C23

monochromatic

#0B2C1E #175D40 #238E62 #2FBF84 #56D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#238E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#238E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E62

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E62	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C835F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.117 160.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb08e',
    500: '#238e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e62;
$custom-light: #6fb08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.327,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57639,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 160.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E62

secondary

#B9537D

accent

#4486E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E62

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

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