#239D8C#239D8C

#239D8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.105 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239D8C
RGB	rgb(35, 157, 140)
HSL	hsl(172, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 0%, 10.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -36.25, -0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 36.26, 180.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.1051 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.105 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4814, 26.3626, 28.9730)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239D8C #9D2334

analogous

#239D4F #239D8C #23719D

triadic

#239D8C #8C239D #9D8C23

tetradic

#239D8C #4F239D #9D2334 #719D23

square

#239D8C #4F239D #9D2334 #719D23

split-complementary

#239D8C #9D2371 #9D4F23

monochromatic

#0D3933 #186B5F #239D8C #2ECFB9 #5FDBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#239D8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#239D8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239D8C

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239D8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239D8C	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)

#96938B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239d8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 157, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.105 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baad',
    500: '#239d8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239d8c;
$custom-light: #74baad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239d8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.639,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62805,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239D8C

secondary

#C05C6A

accent

#4158E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239D8C

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

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