#239B9C#239B9C

#239B9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.099 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B9C
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 156)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 0.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -30.62, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 32.13, 197.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0956 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.099 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4125, 26.1980, 35.5324)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B9C #9C2423

analogous

#239C61 #239B9C #235E9C

triadic

#239B9C #9C239B #9B9C23

tetradic

#239B9C #61239C #9C2423 #5E9C23

square

#239B9C #61239C #9C2423 #5E9C23

split-complementary

#239B9C #9C235E #9C6123

monochromatic

#0D3838 #18696A #239B9C #2ECDCE #5EDADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#239B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#239B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B9C

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B9C	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.099 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b9',
    500: '#239b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b9c;
$custom-light: #75b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.496,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62837,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B9C

secondary

#C05C5B

accent

#4341E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B9C

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

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