#239B8A#239B8A

#239B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.104 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B8A
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -35.91, -0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 35.91, 180.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.1041 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.104 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9996, 25.6329, 28.0915)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B8A #9B2334

analogous

#239B4E #239B8A #23709B

triadic

#239B8A #8A239B #9B8A23

tetradic

#239B8A #4E239B #9B2334 #709B23

square

#239B8A #4E239B #9B2334 #709B23

split-complementary

#239B8A #9B2370 #9B4E23

monochromatic

#0C3731 #18695E #239B8A #2ECDB6 #5EDBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#239B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#239B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B8A

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B8A	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.104 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9ac',
    500: '#239b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b8a;
$custom-light: #73b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62221,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B8A

secondary

#BF5A69

accent

#4259E6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B8A

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

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