#239B8B#239B8B

#239B8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.104 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B8B
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -35.62, -0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 35.63, 181.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.1036 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.104 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0724, 25.6620, 28.4746)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B8B #9B2333

analogous

#239B4F #239B8B #236F9B

triadic

#239B8B #8B239B #9B8B23

tetradic

#239B8B #4F239B #9B2333 #6F9B23

square

#239B8B #4F239B #9B2333 #6F9B23

split-complementary

#239B8B #9B236F #9B4F23

monochromatic

#0C3731 #18695E #239B8B #2ECDB8 #5EDBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#239B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#239B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B8B

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B8B	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	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)

#94918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.104 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9ac',
    500: '#239b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b8b;
$custom-light: #73b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62253,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B8B

secondary

#BF5A68

accent

#4258E6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B8B

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

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