#239B8C#239B8C

#239B8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.103 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B8C
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 140)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 9.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, -35.34, -1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 35.37, 182.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.1031 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.103 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1458, 25.6914, 28.8611)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B8C #9B2332

analogous

#239B50 #239B8C #236E9B

triadic

#239B8C #8C239B #9B8C23

tetradic

#239B8C #50239B #9B2332 #6E9B23

square

#239B8C #50239B #9B2332 #6E9B23

split-complementary

#239B8C #9B236E #9B5023

monochromatic

#0C3732 #18695F #239B8C #2ECDB9 #5EDBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#239B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#239B8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B8C

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B8C	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.103 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9ad',
    500: '#239b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b8c;
$custom-light: #73b9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62285,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B8C

secondary

#BF5A67

accent

#4256E6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B8C

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

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