#239B97#239B97

#239B97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.100 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B97
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -32.14, -7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 32.91, 192.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0979 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.1 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9978, 26.0322, 33.3483)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B97 #9B2327

analogous

#239B5B #239B97 #23639B

triadic

#239B97 #97239B #9B9723

tetradic

#239B97 #5B239B #9B2327 #639B23

square

#239B97 #5B239B #9B2327 #639B23

split-complementary

#239B97 #9B2363 #9B5B23

monochromatic

#0C3736 #186966 #239B97 #2ECDC8 #5EDBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#239B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#239B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B97

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B97	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.100 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b5',
    500: '#239b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b97;
$custom-light: #74b9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62658,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B97

secondary

#BF5A5E

accent

#4247E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B97

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

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