#239B9B#239B9B

#239B9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.099 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B9B
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 155)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, -30.93, -9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 32.27, 196.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.0961 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.099 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3281, 26.1643, 35.0882)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B9B #9B2323

analogous

#239B5F #239B9B #235F9B

triadic

#239B9B #9B239B #9B9B23

tetradic

#239B9B #5F239B #9B2323 #5F9B23

square

#239B9B #5F239B #9B2323 #5F9B23

split-complementary

#239B9B #9B235F #9B5F23

monochromatic

#0C3737 #186969 #239B9B #2ECDCD #5EDBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#239B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#239B9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B9B

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B9B	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)

#90939B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.099 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b8',
    500: '#239b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b9b;
$custom-light: #75b9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62801,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B9B

secondary

#BF5A5A

accent

#4242E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B9B

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

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