#239E96#239E96

#239E96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.102 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E96
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -33.85, -5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 34.24, 188.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.1014 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.102 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4224, 27.0108, 33.0909)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E96 #9E232B

analogous

#239E59 #239E96 #23689E

triadic

#239E96 #96239E #9E9623

tetradic

#239E96 #59239E #9E232B #689E23

square

#239E96 #59239E #9E232B #689E23

split-complementary

#239E96 #9E2368 #9E5923

monochromatic

#0D3A37 #186C66 #239E96 #2ED0C6 #60DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#239E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#239E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E96

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E96	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.102 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb4',
    500: '#239e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e96;
$custom-light: #75bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.098,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63394,
    "c": 0.10247,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E96

secondary

#C15C63

accent

#414CE7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E96

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

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