#239F8F#239F8F

#239F8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.106 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239F8F
RGB	rgb(35, 159, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 0%, 10.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -36.32, -1.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 36.34, 181.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.1057 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.106 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0467, 27.1345, 30.2676)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239F8F #9F2333

analogous

#239F51 #239F8F #23719F

triadic

#239F8F #8F239F #9F8F23

tetradic

#239F8F #51239F #9F2333 #719F23

square

#239F8F #51239F #9F2333 #719F23

split-complementary

#239F8F #9F2371 #9F5123

monochromatic

#0D3B35 #186D62 #239F8F #2ED1BC #60DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#239F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#239F8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239F8F

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239F8F	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 159, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.106 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcaf',
    500: '#239f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239f8f;
$custom-light: #74bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.258,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6342,
    "c": 0.1058,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239F8F

secondary

#C15D6A

accent

#4156E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239F8F

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

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