#239D9E#239D9E

#239D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.101 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239D9E
RGB	rgb(35, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -30.98, -9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 32.50, 197.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0967 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.101 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9188, 26.9375, 36.5435)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239D9E #9E2423

analogous

#239E62 #239D9E #235F9E

triadic

#239D9E #9E239D #9D9E23

tetradic

#239D9E #62239E #9E2423 #5F9E23

square

#239D9E #62239E #9E2423 #5F9E23

split-complementary

#239D9E #9E235F #9E6223

monochromatic

#0D393A #186B6C #239D9E #2ECFD0 #60DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#239D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#239D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239D9E

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239D9E	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.101 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baba',
    500: '#239d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239d9e;
$custom-light: #75baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.488,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63421,
    "c": 0.10051,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239D9E

secondary

#C15D5C

accent

#4241E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #239D9E

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

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