#239E72#239E72

#239E72 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.124 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E72
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 114)
HSL	hsl(159, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(159, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 27.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -43.40, 13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 45.55, 162.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.1189 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.124 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9555, 26.0240, 20.0986)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E72 #9E234F

analogous

#239E35 #239E72 #238C9E

triadic

#239E72 #72239E #9E7223

tetradic

#239E72 #35239E #9E234F #8C9E23

square

#239E72 #35239E #9E234F #8C9E23

split-complementary

#239E72 #9E238C #9E3523

monochromatic

#0D3A2A #186C4E #239E72 #2ED096 #60DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#239E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#239E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E72

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E72	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.124 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bb9a',
    500: '#239e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e72;
$custom-light: #72bb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.537,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62331,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E72

secondary

#C15C80

accent

#417CE7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E72

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

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