#239A9D#239A9D

#239A9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.099 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239A9D
RGB	rgb(35, 154, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -29.83, -10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 31.70, 199.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% -0.0942 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.099 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3318, 25.9006, 35.9249)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239A9D #9D2623

analogous

#239D63 #239A9D #235D9D

triadic

#239A9D #9D239A #9A9D23

tetradic

#239A9D #63239D #9D2623 #5D9D23

square

#239A9D #63239D #9D2623 #5D9D23

split-complementary

#239A9D #9D235D #9D6323

monochromatic

#0D3839 #18696B #239A9D #2ECBCF #5FD8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#239A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#239A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239A9D

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239A9D	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 154, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.099 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b9',
    500: '#239a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239a9d;
$custom-light: #75b8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.475,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62619,
    "c": 0.09877,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239A9D

secondary

#C05E5C

accent

#4541E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239A9D

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

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