#239B9E#239B9E

#239B9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.099 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B9E
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 1.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -30.01, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 31.88, 199.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0947 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.099 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5832, 26.2663, 36.4316)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B9E #9E2623

analogous

#239E63 #239B9E #235E9E

triadic

#239B9E #9E239B #9B9E23

tetradic

#239B9E #63239E #9E2623 #5E9E23

square

#239B9E #63239E #9E2623 #5E9E23

split-complementary

#239B9E #9E235E #9E6323

monochromatic

#0D393A #186A6C #239B9E #2ECCD0 #60D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#239B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#239B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B9E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B9E	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)

#90939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E879F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.099 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9ba',
    500: '#239b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b9e;
$custom-light: #75b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.463,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62911,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B9E

secondary

#C15F5C

accent

#4541E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B9E

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

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