#239C88#239C88

#239C88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.106 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239C88
RGB	rgb(35, 156, 136)
HSL	hsl(170, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(170, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 0%, 12.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -36.91, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 36.94, 178.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.106 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.106 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0233, 25.9098, 27.3917)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239C88 #9C2337

analogous

#239C4C #239C88 #23739C

triadic

#239C88 #88239C #9C8823

tetradic

#239C88 #4C239C #9C2337 #739C23

square

#239C88 #4C239C #9C2337 #739C23

split-complementary

#239C88 #9C2373 #9C4C23

monochromatic

#0D3831 #186A5C #239C88 #2ECEB4 #5EDBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#239C88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#239C88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239C88

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239C88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239C88	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85868A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239c88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 156, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.106 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baaa',
    500: '#239c88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239c88;
$custom-light: #73baaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239c88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.083,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62419,
    "c": 0.10607,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239C88

secondary

#C05B6C

accent

#415DE6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239C88

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

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