#239E9C#239E9C

#239E9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E9C
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -32.06, -8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 33.13, 194.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0986 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.101 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9179, 27.2090, 35.7008)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E9C #9E2325

analogous

#239E5E #239E9C #23639E

triadic

#239E9C #9C239E #9E9C23

tetradic

#239E9C #5E239E #9E2325 #639E23

square

#239E9C #5E239E #9E2325 #639E23

split-complementary

#239E9C #9E2363 #9E5E23

monochromatic

#0D3A39 #186C6B #239E9C #2ED0CD #60DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#239E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#239E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E9C

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E9C	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)

#94969C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb9',
    500: '#239e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e9c;
$custom-light: #75bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.024,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63604,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E9C

secondary

#C15C5E

accent

#4144E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E9C

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

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