#239E8D#239E8D

#239E8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.106 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E8D
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -36.43, -0.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 36.43, 180.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.1057 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.106 181)
XYZ	xyz(17.7253, 26.7320, 29.4197)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E8D #9E2334

analogous

#239E4F #239E8D #23729E

triadic

#239E8D #8D239E #9E8D23

tetradic

#239E8D #4F239E #9E2334 #729E23

square

#239E8D #4F239E #9E2334 #729E23

split-complementary

#239E8D #9E2372 #9E4F23

monochromatic

#0D3A34 #186C60 #239E8D #2ED0BA #60DCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#239E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#239E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E8D

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E8D	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.106 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbae',
    500: '#239e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e8d;
$custom-light: #74bbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.707,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63097,
    "c": 0.1057,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.26734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E8D

secondary

#C15C6A

accent

#4158E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E8D

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

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