#239F9B#239F9B

#239F9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.102 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239F9B
RGB	rgb(35, 159, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -32.84, -7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 33.65, 192.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.1001 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.102 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0049, 27.5178, 35.3138)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239F9B #9F2327

analogous

#239F5D #239F9B #23659F

triadic

#239F9B #9B239F #9F9B23

tetradic

#239F9B #5D239F #9F2327 #659F23

square

#239F9B #5D239F #9F2327 #659F23

split-complementary

#239F9B #9F2365 #9F5D23

monochromatic

#0D3B39 #186D6A #239F9B #2ED1CC #60DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#239F9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#239F9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239F9B

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239F9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239F9B	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 159, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.102 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcb8',
    500: '#239f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239f9b;
$custom-light: #75bcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.065,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63824,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239F9B

secondary

#C15D60

accent

#4146E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #239F9B

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

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