#238E6D#238E6D

#238E6D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.107 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E6D
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 109)
HSL	hsl(161, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(161, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 23.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, -37.84, 9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 38.94, 166.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.1048 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.107 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.1249, 20.8059, 17.7892)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E6D #8E2344

analogous

#238E37 #238E6D #237A8E

triadic

#238E6D #6D238E #8E6D23

tetradic

#238E6D #37238E #8E2344 #7A8E23

square

#238E6D #37238E #8E2344 #7A8E23

split-complementary

#238E6D #8E237A #8E3723

monochromatic

#0B2C22 #175D47 #238E6D #2FBF93 #56D5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#238E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#238E6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E6D

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E6D	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)

#8A846B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.107 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb096',
    500: '#238e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e6d;
$custom-light: #6fb096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.495,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57922,
    "c": 0.1074,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E6D

secondary

#B95373

accent

#4475E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E6D

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

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