#239E97#239E97

#239E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.102 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E97
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -33.55, -5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 34.04, 189.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.1009 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.102 189)
XYZ	xyz(18.5033, 27.0431, 33.5168)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E97 #9E232A

analogous

#239E59 #239E97 #23689E

triadic

#239E97 #97239E #9E9723

tetradic

#239E97 #59239E #9E232A #689E23

square

#239E97 #59239E #9E232A #689E23

split-complementary

#239E97 #9E2368 #9E5923

monochromatic

#0D3A37 #186C67 #239E97 #2ED0C7 #60DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#239E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#239E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E97

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E97	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.102 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb5',
    500: '#239e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e97;
$custom-light: #75bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.585,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63428,
    "c": 0.10221,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.27045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E97

secondary

#C15C62

accent

#414AE7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E97

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

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