#239B9D#239B9D

#239B9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.099 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B9D
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -30.32, -10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 32.00, 198.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.0952 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.099 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4975, 26.2320, 35.9801)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B9D #9D2523

analogous

#239D62 #239B9D #235E9D

triadic

#239B9D #9D239B #9B9D23

tetradic

#239B9D #62239D #9D2523 #5E9D23

square

#239B9D #62239D #9D2523 #5E9D23

split-complementary

#239B9D #9D235E #9D6223

monochromatic

#0D3839 #186A6B #239B9D #2ECCCF #5FD9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#239B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#239B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B9D

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B9D	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.099 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b9',
    500: '#239b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b9d;
$custom-light: #75b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62874,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B9D

secondary

#C05D5C

accent

#4441E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B9D

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

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