#239F9F#239F9F

#239F9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.102 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239F9F
RGB	rgb(35, 159, 159)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 0%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -31.64, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 33.00, 196.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0983 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.102 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3464, 27.6544, 37.1124)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239F9F #9F2323

analogous

#239F61 #239F9F #23619F

triadic

#239F9F #9F239F #9F9F23

tetradic

#239F9F #61239F #9F2323 #619F23

square

#239F9F #61239F #9F2323 #619F23

split-complementary

#239F9F #9F2361 #9F6123

monochromatic

#0D3B3B #186D6D #239F9F #2ED1D1 #60DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#239F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#239F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239F9F

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239F9F	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94979F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 159, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.102 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcbb',
    500: '#239f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239f9f;
$custom-light: #76bcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63966,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239F9F

secondary

#C15D5D

accent

#4141E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #239F9F

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

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