#239B86#239B86

#239B86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.106 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B86
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 134)
HSL	hsl(170, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(170, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 13.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -37.01, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 37.06, 177.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.106 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.106 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7154, 25.5192, 26.5944)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B86 #9B2338

analogous

#239B4A #239B86 #23749B

triadic

#239B86 #86239B #9B8623

tetradic

#239B86 #4A239B #9B2338 #749B23

square

#239B86 #4A239B #9B2338 #749B23

split-complementary

#239B86 #9B2374 #9B4A23

monochromatic

#0C3730 #18695B #239B86 #2ECDB1 #5EDBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#239B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#239B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B86

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B86	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)

#959185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.106 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9a9',
    500: '#239b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b86;
$custom-light: #73b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62096,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B86

secondary

#BF5A6C

accent

#425EE6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B86

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

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