#239A8C#239A8C

#239A8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.102 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239A8C
RGB	rgb(35, 154, 140)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 0%, 9.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -34.88, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 34.93, 182.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.1021 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.102 183)
XYZ	xyz(16.9800, 25.3599, 28.8059)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239A8C #9A2331

analogous

#239A51 #239A8C #236D9A

triadic

#239A8C #8C239A #9A8C23

tetradic

#239A8C #51239A #9A2331 #6D9A23

square

#239A8C #51239A #9A2331 #6D9A23

split-complementary

#239A8C #9A236D #9A5123

monochromatic

#0C3631 #18685F #239A8C #2ECCB9 #5DDACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#239A8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#239A8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239A8C

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239A8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239A8C	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)

#92918C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82858D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 154, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.102 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b8ad',
    500: '#239a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239a8c;
$custom-light: #73b8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62026,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.25362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239A8C

secondary

#BF5A66

accent

#4255E6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239A8C

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

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