#239B9F#239B9F

#239B9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.099 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239B9F
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 159)
HSL	hsl(182, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, -29.70, -11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 31.77, 200.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.0943 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.099 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6696, 26.3009, 36.8868)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239B9F #9F2723

analogous

#239F65 #239B9F #235D9F

triadic

#239B9F #9F239B #9B9F23

tetradic

#239B9F #65239F #9F2723 #5D9F23

square

#239B9F #65239F #9F2723 #5D9F23

split-complementary

#239B9F #9F235D #9F6523

monochromatic

#0D393B #186A6D #239B9F #2ECCD1 #60D8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#239B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#239B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239B9F

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239B9F	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F949F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E87A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.099 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9bb',
    500: '#239b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239b9f;
$custom-light: #75b9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.935,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62948,
    "c": 0.09936,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239B9F

secondary

#C1605D

accent

#4641E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239B9F

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

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