#239EA6#239EA6

#239EA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239EA6
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, -28.99, -13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 31.98, 204.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0941 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.101 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7998, 27.5618, 40.3454)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239EA6 #A62B23

analogous

#23A66D #239EA6 #235DA6

triadic

#239EA6 #A6239E #9EA623

tetradic

#239EA6 #6D23A6 #A62B23 #5DA623

square

#239EA6 #6D23A6 #A62B23 #5DA623

split-complementary

#239EA6 #A6235D #A66D23

monochromatic

#0E3E41 #186E73 #239EA6 #32CAD4 #65D7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#239EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#239EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239EA6

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239EA6	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbc0',
    500: '#239ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239ea6;
$custom-light: #76bbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.664,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63973,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239EA6

secondary

#C46761

accent

#4A40E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #239EA6

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

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