#239EA9#239EA9

#239EA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.102 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239EA9
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -28.05, -15.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 31.82, 208.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0928 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.102 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0782, 27.6731, 41.8117)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239EA9 #A92E23

analogous

#23A971 #239EA9 #235BA9

triadic

#239EA9 #A9239E #9EA923

tetradic

#239EA9 #7123A9 #A92E23 #5BA923

square

#239EA9 #7123A9 #A92E23 #5BA923

split-complementary

#239EA9 #A9235B #A97123

monochromatic

#0E3F44 #196F76 #239EA9 #34C8D5 #67D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#239EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#239EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239EA9

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239EA9	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.102 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbc2',
    500: '#239ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239ea9;
$custom-light: #77bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.925,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64089,
    "c": 0.10183,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239EA9

secondary

#C56B63

accent

#4D3FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #239EA9

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

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