#239B78#239B78

#239B78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.115 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B78
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 120)
HSL	hsl(163, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(163, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 22.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -40.69, 9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 41.73, 167.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% -0.1128 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.115 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8028, 25.1542, 21.7880)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B78 #9B2346

analogous

#239B3C #239B78 #23829B

triadic

#239B78 #78239B #9B7823

tetradic

#239B78 #3C239B #9B2346 #829B23

square

#239B78 #3C239B #9B2346 #829B23

split-complementary

#239B78 #9B2382 #9B3C23

monochromatic

#0C372B #186951 #239B78 #2ECD9F #5EDBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#239B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#239B78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B78

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B78	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88857A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.115 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b99f',
    500: '#239b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b78;
$custom-light: #72b99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6169,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B78

secondary

#BF5A78

accent

#4272E6

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B78

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

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