#239E9B#239E9B

#239E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E9B
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -32.37, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 33.29, 193.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0991 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.101 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8336, 27.1753, 35.2567)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E9B #9E2326

analogous

#239E5E #239E9B #23639E

triadic

#239E9B #9B239E #9E9B23

tetradic

#239E9B #5E239E #9E2326 #639E23

square

#239E9B #5E239E #9E2326 #639E23

split-complementary

#239E9B #9E2363 #9E5E23

monochromatic

#0D3A39 #186C6A #239E9B #2ED0CC #60DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#239E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#239E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E9B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E9B	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb8',
    500: '#239e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e9b;
$custom-light: #75bbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.537,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63568,
    "c": 0.10145,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E9B

secondary

#C15C5F

accent

#4145E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E9B

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

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