#239B8F#239B8F

#239B8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.102 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B8F
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 143)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 7.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -34.48, -2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 34.61, 184.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.1017 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.102 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3700, 25.7811, 30.0420)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B8F #9B232F

analogous

#239B53 #239B8F #236B9B

triadic

#239B8F #8F239B #9B8F23

tetradic

#239B8F #53239B #9B232F #6B9B23

square

#239B8F #53239B #9B232F #6B9B23

split-complementary

#239B8F #9B236B #9B5323

monochromatic

#0C3733 #186961 #239B8F #2ECDBD #5EDBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#239B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#239B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B8F

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B8F	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.102 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9af',
    500: '#239b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b8f;
$custom-light: #73b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62384,
    "c": 0.10202,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B8F

secondary

#BF5A65

accent

#4252E6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B8F

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

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