#239F8D#239F8D

#239F8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.107 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239F8D
RGB	rgb(35, 159, 141)
HSL	hsl(171, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 0%, 11.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -36.88, 0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 36.88, 179.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.1067 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.107 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8966, 27.0745, 29.4768)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239F8D #9F2335

analogous

#239F4F #239F8D #23739F

triadic

#239F8D #8D239F #9F8D23

tetradic

#239F8D #4F239F #9F2335 #739F23

square

#239F8D #4F239F #9F2335 #739F23

split-complementary

#239F8D #9F2373 #9F4F23

monochromatic

#0D3B34 #186D61 #239F8D #2ED1B9 #60DCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#239F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#239F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239F8D

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239F8D	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 159, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.107 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcae',
    500: '#239f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239f8d;
$custom-light: #74bcae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.29,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63356,
    "c": 0.10669,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239F8D

secondary

#C15D6B

accent

#4159E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239F8D

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

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