#239B87#239B87

#239B87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.106 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B87
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 135)
HSL	hsl(170, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(170, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 12.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -36.74, 1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 36.76, 177.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.1055 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.106 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7855, 25.5472, 26.9634)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B87 #9B2337

analogous

#239B4B #239B87 #23739B

triadic

#239B87 #87239B #9B8723

tetradic

#239B87 #4B239B #9B2337 #739B23

square

#239B87 #4B239B #9B2337 #739B23

split-complementary

#239B87 #9B2373 #9B4B23

monochromatic

#0C3730 #18695C #239B87 #2ECDB2 #5EDBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#239B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#239B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B87

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B87	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.106 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9a9',
    500: '#239b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b87;
$custom-light: #73b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62127,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B87

secondary

#BF5A6B

accent

#425DE6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B87

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

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