#239EA8#239EA8

#239EA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.102 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239EA8
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -28.36, -14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 31.87, 207.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0933 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.102 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9847, 27.6357, 41.3191)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239EA8 #A82D23

analogous

#23A86F #239EA8 #235CA8

triadic

#239EA8 #A8239E #9EA823

tetradic

#239EA8 #6F23A8 #A82D23 #5CA823

square

#239EA8 #6F23A8 #A82D23 #5CA823

split-complementary

#239EA8 #A8235C #A86F23

monochromatic

#0E3F43 #186E75 #239EA8 #34C9D5 #66D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#239EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#239EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239EA8

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239EA8	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.102 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbc1',
    500: '#239ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239ea8;
$custom-light: #76bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.511,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6405,
    "c": 0.10165,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239EA8

secondary

#C56962

accent

#4C3FE8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #239EA8

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

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