#239E99#239E99

#239E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.102 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E99
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -32.96, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 33.65, 191.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.1 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.102 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6671, 27.1086, 34.3795)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E99 #9E2328

analogous

#239E5B #239E99 #23659E

triadic

#239E99 #99239E #9E9923

tetradic

#239E99 #5B239E #9E2328 #659E23

square

#239E99 #5B239E #9E2328 #659E23

split-complementary

#239E99 #9E2365 #9E5B23

monochromatic

#0D3A38 #186C68 #239E99 #2ED0CA #60DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#239E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#239E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E99

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E99	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)

#949599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.102 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb7',
    500: '#239e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e99;
$custom-light: #75bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.561,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63498,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E99

secondary

#C15C60

accent

#4148E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E99

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

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