#239E80#239E80

#239E80 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.113 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E80
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 128)
HSL	hsl(165, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(165, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 19%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -39.94, 6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 40.45, 170.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.112 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.113 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8142, 26.3675, 24.6212)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E80 #9E2341

analogous

#239E42 #239E80 #237E9E

triadic

#239E80 #80239E #9E8023

tetradic

#239E80 #42239E #9E2341 #7E9E23

square

#239E80 #42239E #9E2341 #7E9E23

split-complementary

#239E80 #9E237E #9E4223

monochromatic

#0D3A2F #186C57 #239E80 #2ED0A9 #60DCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#239E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#239E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E80

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E80	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99937F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.113 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bba4',
    500: '#239e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e80;
$custom-light: #73bba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.366,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62705,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E80

secondary

#C15C75

accent

#4169E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E80

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

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