#239C79#239C79

#239C79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.116 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239C79
RGB	rgb(35, 156, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(163, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 0%, 22.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, -40.86, 9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 41.89, 167.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.1134 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.116 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0309, 25.5128, 22.1650)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239C79 #9C2346

analogous

#239C3D #239C79 #23829C

triadic

#239C79 #79239C #9C7923

tetradic

#239C79 #3D239C #9C2346 #829C23

square

#239C79 #3D239C #9C2346 #829C23

split-complementary

#239C79 #9C2382 #9C3D23

monochromatic

#0D382B #186A52 #239C79 #2ECEA0 #5EDBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#239C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#239C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239C79

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239C79	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89867B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 156, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.116 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72ba9f',
    500: '#239c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239c79;
$custom-light: #72ba9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.645,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61982,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239C79

secondary

#C05B78

accent

#4171E6

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #239C79

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

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