#239A98#239A98

#239A98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.099 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239A98
RGB	rgb(35, 154, 152)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -31.36, -8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 32.39, 194.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0964 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.099 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9136, 25.7333, 33.7226)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239A98 #9A2325

analogous

#239A5D #239A98 #23609A

triadic

#239A98 #98239A #9A9823

tetradic

#239A98 #5D239A #9A2325 #609A23

square

#239A98 #5D239A #9A2325 #609A23

split-complementary

#239A98 #9A2360 #9A5D23

monochromatic

#0C3636 #186867 #239A98 #2ECCC9 #5DDAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#239A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#239A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239A98

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239A98	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 154, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.099 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8b6',
    500: '#239a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239a98;
$custom-light: #74b8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.992,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62437,
    "c": 0.09906,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239A98

secondary

#BF5A5C

accent

#4245E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239A98

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

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