#239E86#239E86

#239E86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.109 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E86
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 134)
HSL	hsl(168, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(168, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 15.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -38.35, 3.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 38.49, 175.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.109 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.109 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2209, 26.5302, 26.7629)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E86 #9E233B

analogous

#239E49 #239E86 #23789E

triadic

#239E86 #86239E #9E8623

tetradic

#239E86 #49239E #9E233B #789E23

square

#239E86 #49239E #9E233B #789E23

split-complementary

#239E86 #9E2378 #9E4923

monochromatic

#0D3A31 #186C5C #239E86 #2ED0B0 #60DCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#239E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#239E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E86

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E86	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.109 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bba9',
    500: '#239e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e86;
$custom-light: #73bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.293,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6288,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E86

secondary

#C15C70

accent

#4161E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E86

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

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