#239A9E#239A9E

#239A9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.099 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239A9E
RGB	rgb(35, 154, 158)
HSL	hsl(182, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 2.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, -29.52, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 31.59, 200.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0937 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.099 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4175, 25.9349, 36.3764)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239A9E #9E2723

analogous

#239E64 #239A9E #235D9E

triadic

#239A9E #9E239A #9A9E23

tetradic

#239A9E #64239E #9E2723 #5D9E23

square

#239A9E #64239E #9E2723 #5D9E23

split-complementary

#239A9E #9E235D #9E6423

monochromatic

#0D383A #18696C #239A9E #2ECBD0 #60D8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#239A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#239A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239A9E

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239A9E	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 154, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.099 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8ba',
    500: '#239a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239a9e;
$custom-light: #75b8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.951,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62656,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239A9E

secondary

#C15F5C

accent

#4641E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239A9E

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

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