#239D9B#239D9B

#239D9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.101 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239D9B
RGB	rgb(35, 157, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -31.89, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 32.94, 194.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0981 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.101 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6637, 26.8355, 35.2001)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239D9B #9D2325

analogous

#239D5E #239D9B #23629D

triadic

#239D9B #9B239D #9D9B23

tetradic

#239D9B #5E239D #9D2325 #629D23

square

#239D9B #5E239D #9D2325 #629D23

split-complementary

#239D9B #9D2362 #9D5E23

monochromatic

#0D3938 #186B6A #239D9B #2ECFCC #5FDBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#239D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#239D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239D9B

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239D9B	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 157, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.101 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab8',
    500: '#239d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239d9b;
$custom-light: #75bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.016,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63312,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239D9B

secondary

#C05C5D

accent

#4144E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #239D9B

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

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