#239E91#239E91

#239E91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E91
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 145)
HSL	hsl(174, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(174, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 8.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -35.30, -2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 35.39, 184.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.1038 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.104 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.0283, 26.8532, 31.0156)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E91 #9E2330

analogous

#239E54 #239E91 #236D9E

triadic

#239E91 #91239E #9E9123

tetradic

#239E91 #54239E #9E2330 #6D9E23

square

#239E91 #54239E #9E2330 #6D9E23

split-complementary

#239E91 #9E236D #9E5423

monochromatic

#0D3A35 #186C63 #239E91 #2ED0BF #60DCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#239E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#239E91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E91

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E91	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858892

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbb1',
    500: '#239e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e91;
$custom-light: #74bbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.659,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63226,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E91

secondary

#C15C67

accent

#4153E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E91

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

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