#239A97#239A97

#239A97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.099 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239A97
RGB	rgb(35, 154, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -31.66, -7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 32.56, 193.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0969 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.099 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8320, 25.7007, 33.2931)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239A97 #9A2326

analogous

#239A5B #239A97 #23629A

triadic

#239A97 #97239A #9A9723

tetradic

#239A97 #5B239A #9A2326 #629A23

square

#239A97 #5B239A #9A2326 #629A23

split-complementary

#239A97 #9A2362 #9A5B23

monochromatic

#0C3635 #186866 #239A97 #2ECCC8 #5DDAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#239A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#239A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239A97

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239A97	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 154, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.099 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8b5',
    500: '#239a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239a97;
$custom-light: #74b8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.487,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62401,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239A97

secondary

#BF5A5C

accent

#4246E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239A97

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

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