#239997#239997

#239997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.098 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239997
RGB	rgb(35, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 0%, 1.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -31.18, -8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 32.20, 194.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.0959 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.098 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6677, 25.3720, 33.2383)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239997 #992325

analogous

#23995C #239997 #236099

triadic

#239997 #972399 #999723

tetradic

#239997 #5C2399 #992325 #609923

square

#239997 #5C2399 #992325 #609923

split-complementary

#239997 #992360 #995C23

monochromatic

#0C3535 #186766 #239997 #2ECBC8 #5DDAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#239997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#239997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239997

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239997	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.098 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b7b5',
    500: '#239997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239997;
$custom-light: #74b7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.983,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62144,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239997

secondary

#BE595B

accent

#4245E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239997

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

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