#239E98#239E98

#239E98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.102 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E98
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 152)
HSL	hsl(177, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 3.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -33.26, -6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 33.84, 190.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.1005 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.102 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5848, 27.0757, 33.9463)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E98 #9E2329

analogous

#239E5A #239E98 #23679E

triadic

#239E98 #98239E #9E9823

tetradic

#239E98 #5A239E #9E2329 #679E23

square

#239E98 #5A239E #9E2329 #679E23

split-complementary

#239E98 #9E2367 #9E5A23

monochromatic

#0D3A38 #186C68 #239E98 #2ED0C8 #60DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#239E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#239E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E98

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E98	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.102 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb6',
    500: '#239e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e98;
$custom-light: #75bbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.073,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63463,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E98

secondary

#C15C61

accent

#4149E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E98

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

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