#239C96#239C96

#239C96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.101 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239C96
RGB	rgb(35, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(177, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, -32.91, -6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 33.47, 190.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0994 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.101 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0840, 26.3340, 32.9781)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239C96 #9C2329

analogous

#239C5A #239C96 #23659C

triadic

#239C96 #96239C #9C9623

tetradic

#239C96 #5A239C #9C2329 #659C23

square

#239C96 #5A239C #9C2329 #659C23

split-complementary

#239C96 #9C2365 #9C5A23

monochromatic

#0D3836 #186A66 #239C96 #2ECEC6 #5EDBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#239C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#239C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239C96

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239C96	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.101 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab4',
    500: '#239c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239c96;
$custom-light: #74bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.025,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6288,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239C96

secondary

#C05B60

accent

#414AE6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239C96

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

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