#239E79#239E79

#239E79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.118 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E79
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 23.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -41.71, 10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 42.92, 166.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.1154 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.118 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3693, 26.1895, 22.2778)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E79 #9E2348

analogous

#239E3B #239E79 #23869E

triadic

#239E79 #79239E #9E7923

tetradic

#239E79 #3B239E #9E2348 #869E23

square

#239E79 #3B239E #9E2348 #869E23

split-complementary

#239E79 #9E2386 #9E3B23

monochromatic

#0D3A2C #186C53 #239E79 #2ED09F #60DCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#239E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#239E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E79

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E79	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.118 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bb9f',
    500: '#239e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e79;
$custom-light: #73bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.951,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62512,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E79

secondary

#C15C7A

accent

#4173E7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E79

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

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