#239C97#239C97

#239C97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.101 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239C97
RGB	rgb(35, 156, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -32.61, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 33.28, 191.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.0989 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.101 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1649, 26.3664, 33.4040)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239C97 #9C2328

analogous

#239C5B #239C97 #23649C

triadic

#239C97 #97239C #9C9723

tetradic

#239C97 #5B239C #9C2328 #649C23

square

#239C97 #5B239C #9C2328 #649C23

split-complementary

#239C97 #9C2364 #9C5B23

monochromatic

#0D3836 #186A67 #239C97 #2ECEC7 #5EDBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#239C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#239C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239C97

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239C97	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)

#929497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 156, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.101 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab5',
    500: '#239c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239c97;
$custom-light: #74bab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.521,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62915,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239C97

secondary

#C05B5F

accent

#4148E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239C97

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

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