#239C9D#239C9D

#239C9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.100 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239C9D
RGB	rgb(35, 156, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 0.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -30.80, -9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 32.32, 197.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0962 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.1 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6646, 26.5663, 36.0358)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239C9D #9D2423

analogous

#239D61 #239C9D #235F9D

triadic

#239C9D #9D239C #9C9D23

tetradic

#239C9D #61239D #9D2423 #5F9D23

square

#239C9D #61239D #9D2423 #5F9D23

split-complementary

#239C9D #9D235F #9D6123

monochromatic

#0D3939 #186A6B #239C9D #2ECECF #5FDADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#239C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#239C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239C9D

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239C9D	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)

#91949D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 156, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.100 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b9',
    500: '#239c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239c9d;
$custom-light: #75b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.492,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63129,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239C9D

secondary

#C05C5C

accent

#4341E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239C9D

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

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