#239E77#239E77

#239E77 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.120 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E77
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 119)
HSL	hsl(161, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(161, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 24.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, -42.21, 11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 43.66, 165.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.1164 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.12 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.2479, 26.1410, 21.6386)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E77 #9E234A

analogous

#239E3A #239E77 #23879E

triadic

#239E77 #77239E #9E7723

tetradic

#239E77 #3A239E #9E234A #879E23

square

#239E77 #3A239E #9E234A #879E23

split-complementary

#239E77 #9E2387 #9E3A23

monochromatic

#0D3A2C #186C51 #239E77 #2ED09D #60DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#239E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#239E77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E77

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E77	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B877A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.120 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bb9e',
    500: '#239e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e77;
$custom-light: #73bb9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.976,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62459,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E77

secondary

#C15C7C

accent

#4176E7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E77

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

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