#239F8B#239F8B

#239F8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.108 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239F8B
RGB	rgb(35, 159, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 0%, 12.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -37.44, 1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 37.45, 178.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.1076 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.108 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7491, 27.0155, 28.7002)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239F8B #9F2337

analogous

#239F4D #239F8B #23759F

triadic

#239F8B #8B239F #9F8B23

tetradic

#239F8B #4D239F #9F2337 #759F23

square

#239F8B #4D239F #9F2337 #759F23

split-complementary

#239F8B #9F2375 #9F4D23

monochromatic

#0D3B33 #186D5F #239F8B #2ED1B7 #60DCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#239F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#239F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239F8B

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239F8B	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)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 159, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.108 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcac',
    500: '#239f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239f8b;
$custom-light: #74bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.323,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63294,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239F8B

secondary

#C15D6D

accent

#415CE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239F8B

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

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