#238E6E#238E6E

#238E6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.107 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E6E
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 110)
HSL	hsl(162, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(162, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 22.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, -37.59, 8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 38.57, 167.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% -0.1043 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.107 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.1791, 20.8276, 18.0744)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E6E #8E2343

analogous

#238E39 #238E6E #23798E

triadic

#238E6E #6E238E #8E6E23

tetradic

#238E6E #39238E #8E2343 #798E23

square

#238E6E #39238E #8E2343 #798E23

split-complementary

#238E6E #8E2379 #8E3923

monochromatic

#0B2C22 #175D48 #238E6E #2FBF94 #56D5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#238E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#238E6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E6E

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E6E	1.00	4.07	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A846C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.107 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb097',
    500: '#238e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e6e;
$custom-light: #6fb097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.056,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57949,
    "c": 0.10662,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E6E

secondary

#B95372

accent

#4474E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E6E

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

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