#238E6A#238E6A

#238E6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.110 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E6A
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 106)
HSL	hsl(160, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(160, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 25.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, -38.58, 10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 40.07, 164.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% -0.1063 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.11 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9662, 20.7424, 16.9532)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E6A #8E2347

analogous

#238E35 #238E6A #237D8E

triadic

#238E6A #6A238E #8E6A23

tetradic

#238E6A #35238E #8E2347 #7D8E23

square

#238E6A #35238E #8E2347 #7D8E23

split-complementary

#238E6A #8E237D #8E3523

monochromatic

#0B2C21 #175D45 #238E6A #2FBF8F #56D5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#238E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#238E6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E6A

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E6A	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.110 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb094',
    500: '#238e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e6a;
$custom-light: #6fb094;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.813,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57841,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E6A

secondary

#B95376

accent

#447AE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F1

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E6A

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

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