#239A9B#239A9B

#239A9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.099 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239A9B
RGB	rgb(35, 154, 155)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -30.45, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 31.95, 197.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0951 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.099 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1624, 25.8328, 35.0330)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239A9B #9B2423

analogous

#239B60 #239A9B #235E9B

triadic

#239A9B #9B239A #9A9B23

tetradic

#239A9B #60239B #9B2423 #5E9B23

square

#239A9B #60239B #9B2423 #5E9B23

split-complementary

#239A9B #9B235E #9B6023

monochromatic

#0C3737 #186869 #239A9B #2ECCCD #5EDADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#239A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#239A9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239A9B

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239A9B	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 154, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.099 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8b8',
    500: '#239a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239a9b;
$custom-light: #74b8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62545,
    "c": 0.09881,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239A9B

secondary

#BF5B5A

accent

#4342E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239A9B

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

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