#239C9E#239C9E

#239C9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.100 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239C9E
RGB	rgb(35, 156, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -30.50, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 32.19, 198.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0957 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.1 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7503, 26.6006, 36.4873)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239C9E #9E2523

analogous

#239E63 #239C9E #235E9E

triadic

#239C9E #9E239C #9C9E23

tetradic

#239C9E #63239E #9E2523 #5E9E23

square

#239C9E #63239E #9E2523 #5E9E23

split-complementary

#239C9E #9E235E #9E6323

monochromatic

#0D393A #186B6C #239C9E #2ECDD0 #60DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#239C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#239C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239C9E

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239C9E	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 156, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.100 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9ba',
    500: '#239c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239c9e;
$custom-light: #75b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.976,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63166,
    "c": 0.09992,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239C9E

secondary

#C15E5C

accent

#4441E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #239C9E

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

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