#239C9B#239C9B

#239C9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.100 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239C9B
RGB	rgb(35, 156, 155)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -31.41, -8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 32.60, 195.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0971 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.1 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4952, 26.4985, 35.1439)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239C9B #9C2324

analogous

#239C5E #239C9B #23619C

triadic

#239C9B #9B239C #9C9B23

tetradic

#239C9B #5E239C #9C2324 #619C23

square

#239C9B #5E239C #9C2324 #619C23

split-complementary

#239C9B #9C2361 #9C5E23

monochromatic

#0D3838 #186A69 #239C9B #2ECECD #5EDBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#239C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#239C9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239C9B

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239C9B	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92949B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 156, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.100 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b8',
    500: '#239c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239c9b;
$custom-light: #75b9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.504,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63057,
    "c": 0.10009,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239C9B

secondary

#C05B5C

accent

#4143E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239C9B

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

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