#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
RGB	rgb(35, 157, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, -36.53, 0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 36.53, 179.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.1056 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.106 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4080, 26.3332, 28.5864)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##239D8B	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #239D8B

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

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