#239CA9#239CA9

#239CA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239CA9
RGB	rgb(35, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(186, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -27.05, -15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 31.42, 210.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0909 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.101 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7399, 26.9964, 41.6989)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239CA9 #A93023

analogous

#23A973 #239CA9 #2359A9

triadic

#239CA9 #A9239C #9CA923

tetradic

#239CA9 #7323A9 #A93023 #59A923

square

#239CA9 #7323A9 #A93023 #59A923

split-complementary

#239CA9 #A92359 #A97323

monochromatic

#0E3E44 #196D76 #239CA9 #34C5D5 #67D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#239CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#239CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239CA9

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239CA9	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C88A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9c2',
    500: '#239ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239ca9;
$custom-light: #76b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.821,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63586,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239CA9

secondary

#C56C63

accent

#503FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #239CA9

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

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