#239B88#239B88

#239B88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.105 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B88
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 136)
HSL	hsl(171, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(171, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 12.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -36.46, 0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 36.47, 178.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.105 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.105 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8562, 25.5755, 27.3360)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B88 #9B2336

analogous

#239B4C #239B88 #23729B

triadic

#239B88 #88239B #9B8823

tetradic

#239B88 #4C239B #9B2336 #729B23

square

#239B88 #4C239B #9B2336 #729B23

split-complementary

#239B88 #9B2372 #9B4C23

monochromatic

#0C3730 #18695C #239B88 #2ECDB4 #5EDBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#239B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#239B88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B88

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B88	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.105 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9aa',
    500: '#239b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b88;
$custom-light: #73b9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62158,
    "c": 0.10503,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B88

secondary

#BF5A6A

accent

#425CE6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B88

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

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