#239E87#239E87

#239E87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.109 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E87
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 135)
HSL	hsl(169, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 14.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, -38.08, 2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 38.18, 175.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.1086 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.109 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2909, 26.5582, 27.1319)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E87 #9E233A

analogous

#239E49 #239E87 #23789E

triadic

#239E87 #87239E #9E8723

tetradic

#239E87 #49239E #9E233A #789E23

square

#239E87 #49239E #9E233A #789E23

split-complementary

#239E87 #9E2378 #9E4923

monochromatic

#0D3A31 #186C5C #239E87 #2ED0B2 #60DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#239E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#239E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E87

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E87	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)

#989486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.109 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bba9',
    500: '#239e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e87;
$custom-light: #73bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.78,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6291,
    "c": 0.10877,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E87

secondary

#C15C6F

accent

#4160E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E87

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

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