#239E8E#239E8E

#239E8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E8E
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 10.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -36.15, -0.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 36.16, 181.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.1052 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.105 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8001, 26.7619, 29.8134)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E8E #9E2333

analogous

#239E50 #239E8E #23709E

triadic

#239E8E #8E239E #9E8E23

tetradic

#239E8E #50239E #9E2333 #709E23

square

#239E8E #50239E #9E2333 #709E23

split-complementary

#239E8E #9E2370 #9E5023

monochromatic

#0D3A34 #186C61 #239E8E #2ED0BB #60DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#239E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#239E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E8E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E8E	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)

#96948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbaf',
    500: '#239e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e8e;
$custom-light: #74bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.195,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63129,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E8E

secondary

#C15C69

accent

#4157E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E8E

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

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