#239E9E#239E9E

#239E9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.101 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239E9E
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -31.46, -9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 32.82, 196.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0977 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.101 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0887, 27.2773, 36.6001)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239E9E #9E2323

analogous

#239E60 #239E9E #23609E

triadic

#239E9E #9E239E #9E9E23

tetradic

#239E9E #60239E #9E2323 #609E23

square

#239E9E #60239E #9E2323 #609E23

split-complementary

#239E9E #9E2360 #9E6023

monochromatic

#0D3A3A #186C6C #239E9E #2ED0D0 #60DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#239E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#239E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239E9E

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239E9E	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.101 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbba',
    500: '#239e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239e9e;
$custom-light: #75bbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63675,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239E9E

secondary

#C15C5C

accent

#4141E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #239E9E

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

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