#239B85#239B85

#239B85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.107 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B85
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 133)
HSL	hsl(169, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(169, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 14.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -37.29, 2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 37.36, 176.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.1065 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.107 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6460, 25.4914, 26.2288)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B85 #9B2339

analogous

#239B49 #239B85 #23759B

triadic

#239B85 #85239B #9B8523

tetradic

#239B85 #49239B #9B2339 #759B23

square

#239B85 #49239B #9B2339 #759B23

split-complementary

#239B85 #9B2375 #9B4923

monochromatic

#0C372F #18695A #239B85 #2ECDB0 #5EDBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#239B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#239B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B85

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B85	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.107 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9a8',
    500: '#239b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b85;
$custom-light: #73b9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62065,
    "c": 0.10662,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B85

secondary

#BF5A6D

accent

#4260E6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B85

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

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