#239BA5#239BA5

#239BA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.100 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239BA5
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -27.82, -14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 31.32, 207.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0916 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.1 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2030, 26.5142, 39.6957)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239BA5 #A52D23

analogous

#23A56E #239BA5 #235AA5

triadic

#239BA5 #A5239B #9BA523

tetradic

#239BA5 #6E23A5 #A52D23 #5AA523

square

#239BA5 #6E23A5 #A52D23 #5AA523

split-complementary

#239BA5 #A5235A #A56E23

monochromatic

#0E3C40 #186C73 #239BA5 #32C7D3 #64D5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#239BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#239BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239BA5

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239BA5	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C87A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.100 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9bf',
    500: '#239ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239ba5;
$custom-light: #76b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63177,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239BA5

secondary

#C46860

accent

#4D40E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #239BA5

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

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