#239A9A#239A9A

#239A9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.099 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239A9A
RGB	rgb(35, 154, 154)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 0%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -30.75, -9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 32.08, 196.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0955 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.099 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0788, 25.7994, 34.5925)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239A9A #9A2323

analogous

#239A5F #239A9A #235F9A

triadic

#239A9A #9A239A #9A9A23

tetradic

#239A9A #5F239A #9A2323 #5F9A23

square

#239A9A #5F239A #9A2323 #5F9A23

split-complementary

#239A9A #9A235F #9A5F23

monochromatic

#0C3636 #186868 #239A9A #2ECCCC #5DDADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#239A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#239A9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239A9A

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239A9A	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 154, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.099 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8b7',
    500: '#239a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239a9a;
$custom-light: #74b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62509,
    "c": 0.09886,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239A9A

secondary

#BF5A5A

accent

#4242E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239A9A

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

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