#239E8C#239E8C

#239E8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.106 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E8C
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 140)
HSL	hsl(171, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 11.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, -36.71, 0.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 36.71, 179.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.1062 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.106 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6513, 26.7023, 29.0296)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E8C #9E2335

analogous

#239E4F #239E8C #23729E

triadic

#239E8C #8C239E #9E8C23

tetradic

#239E8C #4F239E #9E2335 #729E23

square

#239E8C #4F239E #9E2335 #729E23

split-complementary

#239E8C #9E2372 #9E4F23

monochromatic

#0D3A33 #186C60 #239E8C #2ED0B8 #60DCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#239E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#239E8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E8C

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E8C	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.106 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbad',
    500: '#239e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e8c;
$custom-light: #74bbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.22,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63065,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E8C

secondary

#C15C6B

accent

#4159E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E8C

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

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