#239B99#239B99

#239B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.100 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B99
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -31.54, -8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 32.57, 194.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.097 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.1 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1616, 26.0977, 34.2110)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B99 #9B2325

analogous

#239B5D #239B99 #23619B

triadic

#239B99 #99239B #9B9923

tetradic

#239B99 #5D239B #9B2325 #619B23

square

#239B99 #5D239B #9B2325 #619B23

split-complementary

#239B99 #9B2361 #9B5D23

monochromatic

#0C3736 #186968 #239B99 #2ECDCA #5EDBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#239B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#239B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B99

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B99	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80869A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.100 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b7',
    500: '#239b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b99;
$custom-light: #74b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62729,
    "c": 0.09963,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B99

secondary

#BF5A5C

accent

#4244E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B99

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

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