#238E63#238E63

#238E63 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.116 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E63
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 99)
HSL	hsl(156, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(156, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 30.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, -40.25, 14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 42.81, 160.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% -0.1098 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.116 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6169, 20.6027, 15.1137)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E63 #8E234E

analogous

#238E2E #238E63 #23848E

triadic

#238E63 #63238E #8E6323

tetradic

#238E63 #2E238E #8E234E #848E23

square

#238E63 #2E238E #8E234E #848E23

split-complementary

#238E63 #8E2384 #8E2E23

monochromatic

#0B2C1F #175D41 #238E63 #2FBF85 #56D5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#238E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#238E63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E63

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E63	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)

#8C8360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.116 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb08f',
    500: '#238e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e63;
$custom-light: #6fb08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.888,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57663,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E63

secondary

#B9537C

accent

#4484E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E63

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

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