#239897#239897

#239897 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.098 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239897
RGB	rgb(35, 152, 151)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -30.70, -8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 31.86, 195.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% -0.0949 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.098 194)
XYZ	xyz(17.5047, 25.0460, 33.1839)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239897 #982324

analogous

#23985D #239897 #235F98

triadic

#239897 #972398 #989723

tetradic

#239897 #5D2398 #982324 #5F9823

square

#239897 #5D2398 #982324 #5F9823

split-complementary

#239897 #98235F #985D23

monochromatic

#0C3534 #186666 #239897 #2ECAC8 #5CD9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#239897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#239897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239897

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239897	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 152, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.098 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b7b5',
    500: '#239897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239897;
$custom-light: #74b7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.487,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61887,
    "c": 0.0978,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.25048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239897

secondary

#BE595A

accent

#4244E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239897

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

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