#239B98#239B98

#239B98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.100 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B98
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 152)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, -31.84, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 32.74, 193.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0975 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.1 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0793, 26.0648, 33.7778)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B98 #9B2326

analogous

#239B5C #239B98 #23629B

triadic

#239B98 #98239B #9B9823

tetradic

#239B98 #5C239B #9B2326 #629B23

square

#239B98 #5C239B #9B2326 #629B23

split-complementary

#239B98 #9B2362 #9B5C23

monochromatic

#0C3736 #186967 #239B98 #2ECDC9 #5EDBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#239B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#239B98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B98

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B98	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)

#919398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.100 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b6',
    500: '#239b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b98;
$custom-light: #74b9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62693,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B98

secondary

#BF5A5D

accent

#4246E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B98

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

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