#239B8E#239B8E

#239B8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.102 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B8E
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 142)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -34.77, -2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 34.85, 183.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.1021 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.102 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2946, 25.7509, 29.6449)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B8E #9B2330

analogous

#239B52 #239B8E #236C9B

triadic

#239B8E #8E239B #9B8E23

tetradic

#239B8E #52239B #9B2330 #6C9B23

square

#239B8E #52239B #9B2330 #6C9B23

split-complementary

#239B8E #9B236C #9B5223

monochromatic

#0C3733 #186960 #239B8E #2ECDBC #5EDBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#239B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#239B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B8E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B8E	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.102 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9af',
    500: '#239b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b8e;
$custom-light: #73b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62351,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B8E

secondary

#BF5A65

accent

#4253E6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B8E

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

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