#239A8F#239A8F

#239A8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.101 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239A8F
RGB	rgb(35, 154, 143)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 0%, 7.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -34.02, -3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 34.19, 185.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.1006 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.101 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2043, 25.4496, 29.9868)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239A8F #9A232E

analogous

#239A54 #239A8F #236A9A

triadic

#239A8F #8F239A #9A8F23

tetradic

#239A8F #54239A #9A232E #6A9A23

square

#239A8F #54239A #9A232E #6A9A23

split-complementary

#239A8F #9A236A #9A5423

monochromatic

#0C3632 #186861 #239A8F #2ECCBD #5DDACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#239A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#239A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239A8F

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239A8F	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 154, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.101 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b8af',
    500: '#239a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239a8f;
$custom-light: #73b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.454,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62125,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239A8F

secondary

#BF5A63

accent

#4251E6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239A8F

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

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