#239E74#239E74

#239E74 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.122 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E74
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 116)
HSL	hsl(160, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(160, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 26.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, -42.93, 12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 44.78, 163.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.1179 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.122 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0706, 26.0701, 20.7047)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E74 #9E234D

analogous

#239E36 #239E74 #238B9E

triadic

#239E74 #74239E #9E7423

tetradic

#239E74 #36239E #9E234D #8B9E23

square

#239E74 #36239E #9E234D #8B9E23

split-complementary

#239E74 #9E238B #9E3623

monochromatic

#0D3A2A #186C4F #239E74 #2ED099 #60DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#239E74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#239E74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E74

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E74	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)

#9B9272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.122 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bb9c',
    500: '#239e74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e74;
$custom-light: #72bb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.512,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62381,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E74

secondary

#C15C7E

accent

#417AE7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E74

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

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