#239C99#239C99

#239C99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.100 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239C99
RGB	rgb(35, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -32.01, -7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 32.92, 193.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.098 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.1 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3287, 26.4319, 34.2667)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239C99 #9C2326

analogous

#239C5C #239C99 #23639C

triadic

#239C99 #99239C #9C9923

tetradic

#239C99 #5C239C #9C2326 #639C23

square

#239C99 #5C239C #9C2326 #639C23

split-complementary

#239C99 #9C2363 #9C5C23

monochromatic

#0D3837 #186A68 #239C99 #2ECECA #5EDBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#239C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#239C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239C99

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239C99	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.100 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab7',
    500: '#239c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239c99;
$custom-light: #74bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.512,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62985,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239C99

secondary

#C05B5E

accent

#4146E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239C99

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

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