#239C8C#239C8C

#239C8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.104 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239C8C
RGB	rgb(35, 156, 140)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(172, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 0%, 10.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -35.80, -0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 35.81, 181.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.1041 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.104 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3129, 26.0256, 28.9168)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239C8C #9C2333

analogous

#239C4F #239C8C #23709C

triadic

#239C8C #8C239C #9C8C23

tetradic

#239C8C #4F239C #9C2333 #709C23

square

#239C8C #4F239C #9C2333 #709C23

split-complementary

#239C8C #9C2370 #9C4F23

monochromatic

#0D3832 #186A5F #239C8C #2ECEB9 #5EDBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#239C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#239C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239C8C

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239C8C	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95928B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 156, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.104 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baad',
    500: '#239c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239c8c;
$custom-light: #73baad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.066,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62545,
    "c": 0.10416,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239C8C

secondary

#C05B68

accent

#4157E6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239C8C

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

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