#239E90#239E90

#239E90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E90
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 144)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 8.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, -35.58, -2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 35.64, 183.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.1042 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.104 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9516, 26.8225, 30.6113)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E90 #9E2331

analogous

#239E53 #239E90 #236E9E

triadic

#239E90 #90239E #9E9023

tetradic

#239E90 #53239E #9E2331 #6E9E23

square

#239E90 #53239E #9E2331 #6E9E23

split-complementary

#239E90 #9E236E #9E5323

monochromatic

#0D3A35 #186C62 #239E90 #2ED0BE #60DCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#239E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#239E90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E90

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E90	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbb0',
    500: '#239e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e90;
$custom-light: #74bbb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.171,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63194,
    "c": 0.10443,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E90

secondary

#C15C68

accent

#4154E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E90

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

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