#239B9A#239B9A

#239B9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.100 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B9A
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 154)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -31.23, -8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 32.42, 195.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0965 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.1 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2445, 26.1309, 34.6478)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B9A #9B2324

analogous

#239B5E #239B9A #23609B

triadic

#239B9A #9A239B #9B9A23

tetradic

#239B9A #5E239B #9B2324 #609B23

square

#239B9A #5E239B #9B2324 #609B23

split-complementary

#239B9A #9B2360 #9B5E23

monochromatic

#0C3737 #186968 #239B9A #2ECDCC #5EDBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#239B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#239B9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B9A

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B9A	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91939A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.100 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b7',
    500: '#239b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b9a;
$custom-light: #74b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62765,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B9A

secondary

#BF5A5B

accent

#4243E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B9A

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

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