#238E6B#238E6B

#238E6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.109 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E6B
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 107)
HSL	hsl(160, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(160, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 24.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, -38.34, 10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 39.69, 165.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.1058 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.109 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.0185, 20.7633, 17.2287)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E6B #8E2346

analogous

#238E36 #238E6B #237C8E

triadic

#238E6B #6B238E #8E6B23

tetradic

#238E6B #36238E #8E2346 #7C8E23

square

#238E6B #36238E #8E2346 #7C8E23

split-complementary

#238E6B #8E237C #8E3623

monochromatic

#0B2C21 #175D46 #238E6B #2FBF90 #56D5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#238E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#238E6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E6B

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E6B	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)

#8B8469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.109 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb095',
    500: '#238e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e6b;
$custom-light: #6fb095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.374,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57868,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E6B

secondary

#B95375

accent

#4478E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F1

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E6B

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

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