#239C9C#239C9C

#239C9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.100 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239C9C
RGB	rgb(35, 156, 156)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 0%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -31.11, -9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 32.45, 196.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% -0.0966 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.1 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5796, 26.5323, 35.5881)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239C9C #9C2323

analogous

#239C60 #239C9C #23609C

triadic

#239C9C #9C239C #9C9C23

tetradic

#239C9C #60239C #9C2323 #609C23

square

#239C9C #60239C #9C2323 #609C23

split-complementary

#239C9C #9C2360 #9C6023

monochromatic

#0D3838 #186A6A #239C9C #2ECECE #5EDBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#239C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#239C9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239C9C

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239C9C	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 156, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.100 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b9',
    500: '#239c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239c9c;
$custom-light: #75b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63093,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239C9C

secondary

#C05B5B

accent

#4141E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239C9C

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

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