#239C8A#239C8A

#239C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.105 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239C8A
RGB	rgb(35, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(171, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(171, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -36.36, 0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 36.36, 179.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.1051 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.105 180)
XYZ	xyz(17.1668, 25.9671, 28.1472)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239C8A #9C2335

analogous

#239C4D #239C8A #23729C

triadic

#239C8A #8A239C #9C8A23

tetradic

#239C8A #4D239C #9C2335 #729C23

square

#239C8A #4D239C #9C2335 #729C23

split-complementary

#239C8A #9C2372 #9C4D23

monochromatic

#0D3832 #186A5E #239C8A #2ECEB6 #5EDBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#239C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#239C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239C8A

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239C8A	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85868C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.105 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baac',
    500: '#239c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239c8a;
$custom-light: #73baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.074,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62482,
    "c": 0.10508,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.25969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239C8A

secondary

#C05B6A

accent

#415AE6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239C8A

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

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