#239D9F#239D9F

#239D9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239D9F
RGB	rgb(35, 157, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -30.67, -10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 32.37, 198.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0963 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.1 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0052, 26.9721, 36.9986)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239D9F #9F2523

analogous

#239F63 #239D9F #235F9F

triadic

#239D9F #9F239D #9D9F23

tetradic

#239D9F #63239F #9F2523 #5F9F23

square

#239D9F #63239F #9F2523 #5F9F23

split-complementary

#239D9F #9F235F #9F6323

monochromatic

#0D3A3B #186B6D #239D9F #2ECED1 #60DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#239D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#239D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239D9F

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239D9F	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	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)

#92959F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8088A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 157, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75babb',
    500: '#239d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239d9f;
$custom-light: #75babb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.968,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63457,
    "c": 0.10048,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239D9F

secondary

#C15E5D

accent

#4441E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #239D9F

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

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