#239D8F#239D8F

#239D8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.104 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239D8F
RGB	rgb(35, 157, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 0%, 8.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -35.41, -1.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 35.46, 183.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.1037 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.104 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7056, 26.4523, 30.1539)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239D8F #9D2331

analogous

#239D52 #239D8F #236E9D

triadic

#239D8F #8F239D #9D8F23

tetradic

#239D8F #52239D #9D2331 #6E9D23

square

#239D8F #52239D #9D2331 #6E9D23

split-complementary

#239D8F #9D236E #9D5223

monochromatic

#0D3934 #186B61 #239D8F #2ECFBD #5FDBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#239D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#239D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239D8F

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239D8F	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95948F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 157, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.104 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baaf',
    500: '#239d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239d8f;
$custom-light: #74baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.115,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62902,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239D8F

secondary

#C05C67

accent

#4154E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239D8F

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

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