#239A96#239A96

#239A96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.099 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239A96
RGB	rgb(35, 154, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -31.96, -7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 32.73, 192.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0974 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.099 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7512, 25.6684, 32.8672)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239A96 #9A2327

analogous

#239A5B #239A96 #23639A

triadic

#239A96 #96239A #9A9623

tetradic

#239A96 #5B239A #9A2327 #639A23

square

#239A96 #5B239A #9A2327 #639A23

split-complementary

#239A96 #9A2363 #9A5B23

monochromatic

#0C3635 #186865 #239A96 #2ECCC7 #5DDAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#239A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#239A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239A96

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239A96	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 154, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.099 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8b4',
    500: '#239a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239a96;
$custom-light: #74b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.983,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62365,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239A96

secondary

#BF5A5D

accent

#4247E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239A96

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

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