#239D8B#239D8B

#239D8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.106 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#239D8B
RGBrgb(35, 157, 139)
HSLhsl(171, 64%, 38%)
HSVhsv(171, 78%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(77.7%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(58.35, -36.53, 0.13)
CIE-LCHlch(58.35, 36.53, 179.80°)
OKLaboklab(62.77% -0.1056 -0.0003)
OKLCHoklch(62.77% 0.106 180.1)
XYZxyz(17.4080, 26.3332, 28.5864)
Luminance0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#239D8B #9D2335
analogous
#239D4E #239D8B #23729D
triadic
#239D8B #8B239D #9D8B23
tetradic
#239D8B #4E239D #9D2335 #729D23
square
#239D8B #4E239D #9D2335 #729D23
split-complementary
#239D8B #9D2372 #9D4E23
monochromatic
#0D3932 #186B5F #239D8B #2ECFB7 #5FDBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35
#239D8B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27
#239D8B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239D8B
6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##239D8B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##239D8B1.003.356.276.27
#FFFFFF3.351.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2721.001.001.00
##0000006.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96938A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#86878D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A097
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #239d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 157, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.106 180.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baac',
    500: '#239d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #239d8b;
$custom-light: #73baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#239d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.148,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62774,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#239D8B
secondary
#C05C6A
accent
#415AE7
background
#F7FBFA
surface
#EEF6F4
border
#C9D0CE
text
#091210
muted
#7B817F

Preview Lab

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#239D8B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva