#239F8E#239F8E

#239F8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.106 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239F8E
RGB	rgb(35, 159, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 0%, 10.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -36.60, -0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 36.61, 180.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.1062 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.106 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9713, 27.1044, 29.8704)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239F8E #9F2334

analogous

#239F50 #239F8E #23729F

triadic

#239F8E #8E239F #9F8E23

tetradic

#239F8E #50239F #9F2334 #729F23

square

#239F8E #50239F #9F2334 #729F23

split-complementary

#239F8E #9F2372 #9F5023

monochromatic

#0D3B34 #186D61 #239F8E #2ED1BB #60DCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#239F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#239F8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239F8E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239F8E	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)

#98958D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 159, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.106 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcaf',
    500: '#239f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239f8e;
$custom-light: #74bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.774,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63388,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239F8E

secondary

#C15D6A

accent

#4158E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239F8E

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

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