#239E88#239E88

#239E88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.108 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E88
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 136)
HSL	hsl(169, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 13.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -37.81, 2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 37.87, 176.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.1081 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.108 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3617, 26.5865, 27.5045)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E88 #9E2339

analogous

#239E4A #239E88 #23779E

triadic

#239E88 #88239E #9E8823

tetradic

#239E88 #4A239E #9E2339 #779E23

square

#239E88 #4A239E #9E2339 #779E23

split-complementary

#239E88 #9E2377 #9E4A23

monochromatic

#0D3A32 #186C5D #239E88 #2ED0B3 #60DCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#239E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#239E88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E88

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E88	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88888A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.108 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbaa',
    500: '#239e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e88;
$custom-light: #73bbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.268,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62941,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E88

secondary

#C15C6E

accent

#415FE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E88

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

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