#239F99#239F99

#239F99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.103 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239F99
RGB	rgb(35, 159, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -33.43, -6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 34.02, 190.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.101 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.103 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8383, 27.4512, 34.4366)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239F99 #9F2329

analogous

#239F5B #239F99 #23679F

triadic

#239F99 #99239F #9F9923

tetradic

#239F99 #5B239F #9F2329 #679F23

square

#239F99 #5B239F #9F2329 #679F23

split-complementary

#239F99 #9F2367 #9F5B23

monochromatic

#0D3B38 #186D69 #239F99 #2ED1C9 #60DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#239F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#239F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239F99

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239F99	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 159, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.103 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcb7',
    500: '#239f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239f99;
$custom-light: #75bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.097,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63754,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239F99

secondary

#C15D62

accent

#4149E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #239F99

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

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