#239F8A#239F8A

#239F8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.108 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239F8A
RGB	rgb(35, 159, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 0%, 13.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -37.71, 1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 37.74, 177.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.1081 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.108 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6764, 26.9864, 28.3171)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239F8A #9F2338

analogous

#239F4C #239F8A #23769F

triadic

#239F8A #8A239F #9F8A23

tetradic

#239F8A #4C239F #9F2338 #769F23

square

#239F8A #4C239F #9F2338 #769F23

split-complementary

#239F8A #9F2376 #9F4C23

monochromatic

#0D3B33 #186D5E #239F8A #2ED1B5 #60DCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#239F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#239F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239F8A

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239F8A	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 159, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.108 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcac',
    500: '#239f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239f8a;
$custom-light: #74bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.839,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63263,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239F8A

secondary

#C15D6E

accent

#415DE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239F8A

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

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