#239D8E#239D8E

#239D8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.104 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239D8E
RGB	rgb(35, 157, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -35.69, -1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 35.72, 182.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.1042 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.104 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6302, 26.4221, 29.7567)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239D8E #9D2332

analogous

#239D51 #239D8E #236F9D

triadic

#239D8E #8E239D #9D8E23

tetradic

#239D8E #51239D #9D2332 #6F9D23

square

#239D8E #51239D #9D2332 #6F9D23

split-complementary

#239D8E #9D236F #9D5123

monochromatic

#0D3933 #186B61 #239D8E #2ECFBB #5FDBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#239D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#239D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239D8E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239D8E	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 157, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.104 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baaf',
    500: '#239d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239d8e;
$custom-light: #74baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.623,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62869,
    "c": 0.10428,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239D8E

secondary

#C05C68

accent

#4156E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239D8E

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

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