#239E9D#239E9D

#239E9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E9D
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -31.76, -8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 32.97, 195.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0982 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.101 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0030, 27.2430, 36.1486)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E9D #9E2324

analogous

#239E5F #239E9D #23629E

triadic

#239E9D #9D239E #9E9D23

tetradic

#239E9D #5F239E #9E2324 #629E23

square

#239E9D #5F239E #9E2324 #629E23

split-complementary

#239E9D #9E2362 #9E5F23

monochromatic

#0D3A39 #186C6B #239E9D #2ED0CF #60DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#239E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#239E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E9D

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E9D	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb9',
    500: '#239e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e9d;
$custom-light: #75bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.512,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63639,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E9D

secondary

#C15C5D

accent

#4142E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E9D

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

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