#238554 is a mid-toned, cool teal-green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, with a faded, vintage edge. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #238554 works with other colors. Named schemes with #238554 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Sea Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Sea Green opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Sea Green plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Sea Green sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Sea Green is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Sea Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #238554 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #238554 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #238554;
--color-base-rgb: 35 133 84;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(54.9% 0.117 156.6);
--color-50: #F2FCF7;
--color-100: #DEF7EB;
--color-200: #BFEED6;
--color-300: #92DDB8;
--color-400: #69C999;
--color-500: #47AD7A;
--color-600: #3D8561;
--color-700: #305F47;
--color-800: #233E30;
--color-900: #17261F;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
sea-green: {
50: '#F2FCF7',
100: '#DEF7EB',
200: '#BFEED6',
300: '#92DDB8',
400: '#69C999',
500: '#47AD7A',
600: '#3D8561',
700: '#305F47',
800: '#233E30',
900: '#17261F',
},
}
$base: #238554; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F2FCF7; $base-100: #DEF7EB; $base-200: #BFEED6; $base-300: #92DDB8; $base-400: #69C999; $base-500: #47AD7A; $base-600: #3D8561; $base-700: #305F47; $base-800: #233E30; $base-900: #17261F; $base-hover: #1C6A43; $base-subtle: #B5E2CC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#238554",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FCF7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DEF7EB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BFEED6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#92DDB8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#69C999",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#47AD7A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#3D8561",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#305F47",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#233E30",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#17261F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}