#239D79#239D79

#239D79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.117 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239D79
RGB	rgb(35, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 0%, 22.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -41.29, 9.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 42.40, 166.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.1144 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.117 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1994, 25.8498, 22.2212)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239D79 #9D2347

analogous

#239D3C #239D79 #23849D

triadic

#239D79 #79239D #9D7923

tetradic

#239D79 #3C239D #9D2347 #849D23

square

#239D79 #3C239D #9D2347 #849D23

split-complementary

#239D79 #9D2384 #9D3C23

monochromatic

#0D392C #186B52 #239D79 #2ECFA0 #5FDBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#239D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#239D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239D79

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239D79	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.117 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bb9f',
    500: '#239d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239d79;
$custom-light: #72bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.295,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62247,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239D79

secondary

#C05C79

accent

#4172E7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #239D79

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

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