#239E78#239E78

#239E78 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.119 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E78
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 120)
HSL	hsl(161, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(161, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 24.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, -41.96, 10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 43.29, 165.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.1159 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.119 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3083, 26.1651, 21.9565)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E78 #9E2349

analogous

#239E3A #239E78 #23879E

triadic

#239E78 #78239E #9E7823

tetradic

#239E78 #3A239E #9E2349 #879E23

square

#239E78 #3A239E #9E2349 #879E23

split-complementary

#239E78 #9E2387 #9E3A23

monochromatic

#0D3A2C #186C52 #239E78 #2ED09E #60DCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#239E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#239E78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E78

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E78	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)

#9A9276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.119 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bb9f',
    500: '#239e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e78;
$custom-light: #73bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.463,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62485,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E78

secondary

#C15C7B

accent

#4174E7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E78

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

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