#238E6F#238E6F

#238E6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.106 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E6F
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 111)
HSL	hsl(163, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(163, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 21.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, -37.33, 8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 38.20, 167.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.1038 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.106 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.2338, 20.8495, 18.3627)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E6F #8E2342

analogous

#238E3A #238E6F #23788E

triadic

#238E6F #6F238E #8E6F23

tetradic

#238E6F #3A238E #8E2342 #788E23

square

#238E6F #3A238E #8E2342 #788E23

split-complementary

#238E6F #8E2378 #8E3A23

monochromatic

#0B2C22 #175D49 #238E6F #2FBF95 #56D5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#238E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#238E6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E6F

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E6F	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	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)

#8A846D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7A71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.106 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb098',
    500: '#238e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e6f;
$custom-light: #6fb098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.617,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57977,
    "c": 0.10585,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E6F

secondary

#B95371

accent

#4472E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E6F

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

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