#239EAE#239EAE

#239EAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.103 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239EAE
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -26.45, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 31.77, 213.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0907 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.103 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5566, 27.8645, 44.3311)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239EAE #AE3323

analogous

#23AE78 #239EAE #2359AE

triadic

#239EAE #AE239E #9EAE23

tetradic

#239EAE #7823AE #AE3323 #59AE23

square

#239EAE #7823AE #AE3323 #59AE23

split-complementary

#239EAE #AE2359 #AE7823

monochromatic

#0F4148 #19707B #239EAE #37C4D7 #6AD3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#239EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#239EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239EAE

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239EAE	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.103 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbc6',
    500: '#239eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239eae;
$custom-light: #77bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.906,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64288,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239EAE

secondary

#C77166

accent

#523EE9

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #239EAE

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

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