#239C98#239C98

#239C98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.100 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239C98
RGB	rgb(35, 156, 152)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -32.31, -7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 33.10, 192.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.0985 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.1 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2464, 26.3990, 33.8335)
Luminance	0.2640 (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

#239C98 #9C2327

analogous

#239C5C #239C98 #23639C

triadic

#239C98 #98239C #9C9823

tetradic

#239C98 #5C239C #9C2327 #639C23

square

#239C98 #5C239C #9C2327 #639C23

split-complementary

#239C98 #9C2363 #9C5C23

monochromatic

#0D3837 #186A67 #239C98 #2ECEC9 #5EDBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#239C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#239C98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239C98

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239C98	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 156, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.100 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab6',
    500: '#239c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239c98;
$custom-light: #74bab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.017,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6295,
    "c": 0.10048,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239C98

secondary

#C05B5E

accent

#4147E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239C98

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

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