#239C8D#239C8D

#239C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.104 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239C8D
RGB	rgb(35, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, -35.52, -1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 35.54, 182.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.1036 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.104 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3870, 26.0552, 29.3069)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239C8D #9C2332

analogous

#239C51 #239C8D #236F9C

triadic

#239C8D #8D239C #9C8D23

tetradic

#239C8D #51239C #9C2332 #6F9C23

square

#239C8D #51239C #9C2332 #6F9C23

split-complementary

#239C8D #9C236F #9C5123

monochromatic

#0D3833 #186A60 #239C8D #2ECEBA #5EDBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#239C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#239C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239C8D

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239C8D	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)

#94938C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84878E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.104 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baae',
    500: '#239c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239c8d;
$custom-light: #73baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.562,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62578,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239C8D

secondary

#C05B68

accent

#4156E6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239C8D

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

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