#238E6C#238E6C

#238E6C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.108 H 166.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E6C
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 108)
HSL	hsl(161, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(161, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 23.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, -38.09, 9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 39.31, 165.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% -0.1053 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.108 166.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.0714, 20.7845, 17.5074)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E6C #8E2345

analogous

#238E37 #238E6C #237A8E

triadic

#238E6C #6C238E #8E6C23

tetradic

#238E6C #37238E #8E2345 #7A8E23

square

#238E6C #37238E #8E2345 #7A8E23

split-complementary

#238E6C #8E237A #8E3723

monochromatic

#0B2C21 #175D47 #238E6C #2FBF91 #56D5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#238E6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#238E6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E6C

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E6C	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B846A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.108 166.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb096',
    500: '#238e6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e6c;
$custom-light: #6fb096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.935,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57895,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 166.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E6C

secondary

#B95374

accent

#4477E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F1

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E6C

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

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