#239E81#239E81

#239E81 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.112 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E81
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 129)
HSL	hsl(166, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 18.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -39.68, 5.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 40.11, 171.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.1115 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.112 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8803, 26.3940, 24.9695)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E81 #9E2340

analogous

#239E44 #239E81 #237D9E

triadic

#239E81 #81239E #9E8123

tetradic

#239E81 #44239E #9E2340 #7D9E23

square

#239E81 #44239E #9E2340 #7D9E23

split-complementary

#239E81 #9E237D #9E4423

monochromatic

#0D3A2F #186C58 #239E81 #2ED0AA #60DCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#239E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#239E81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E81

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E81	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.112 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bba5',
    500: '#239e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e81;
$custom-light: #73bba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.854,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62733,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E81

secondary

#C15C74

accent

#4168E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E81

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

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