#238E69#238E69

#238E69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.111 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E69
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 105)
HSL	hsl(159, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(159, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 26.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, -38.83, 11.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 40.45, 163.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% -0.1068 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.111 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.9145, 20.7217, 16.6809)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E69 #8E2348

analogous

#238E33 #238E69 #237E8E

triadic

#238E69 #69238E #8E6923

tetradic

#238E69 #33238E #8E2348 #7E8E23

square

#238E69 #33238E #8E2348 #7E8E23

split-complementary

#238E69 #8E237E #8E3323

monochromatic

#0B2C20 #175D45 #238E69 #2FBF8D #56D5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#238E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#238E69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E69

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E69	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.111 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb094',
    500: '#238e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e69;
$custom-light: #6fb094;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.252,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57815,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E69

secondary

#B95377

accent

#447BE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F1

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E69

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

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