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#239EA6 — Teal

#239EA6 is a teal color we call Teal, closest to the named color LightSeaGreen (#20B2AA). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightseagreen (#20B2AA) — not an exact match. CSS lightseagreen gives you #20B2AA, a different color; use #239EA6 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#239EA6 is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A42B23; it also sits naturally between #23A46C and #235BA4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#239EA6 · RGB 35, 158, 166

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Color values

HEX#239EA6
RGB35, 158, 166
HSL184°, 65%, 39%
HSV184°, 79%, 65%
CMYK79%, 5%, 0%, 35%
XYZ19.80, 27.56, 40.35
Yxy27.56, 0.2258, 0.3142
CIE-Lab59.49, -28.99, -13.50
Hunter Lab52.50, -22.09, -12.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 14% · Green 62% · Blue 65%

Cyan 79% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 0% · Key 35%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #239EA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #239EA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #239EA6

.text { color: #239EA6; }
.background { background-color: #239EA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #239EA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(35, 158, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(184, 65%, 39%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #239EA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(35, 158, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #239EA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(35, 158, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#239EA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#239EA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #239EA6

#209097#1D8087#1A747A#166469#14585D#10484C#0D3C3F#0A2C2E#072022#041011

Tints of #239EA6

#28B3BD#2DC7D2#46CED8#5FD5DD#78DBE2#8DE1E7#A7E8EC#C0EEF2#D5F4F6#EEFBFB

Tones of #239EA6

#2C949B#368B91#3F8388#487C7F#517476#5A6B6C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A42B23:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.22:1 AA large only
Against black text6.51:1 AA

Best text color on #239EA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #239EA6

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #239EA6: ·

How #239EA6 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #5859A4Deuteranopia · #5148A4Tritanopia · #29A3A2

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind teal 500 · #14B8A6Tailwind cyan 600 · #0891B2Tailwind teal 600 · #0D9488

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #239EA6 rather than the exact color:

Palette 7adaa5
#7ADAA5 · #239BA7 · #ECECBB · #E1AA36
Vivid Monsoon
#1F9AA2 · #5BD2E0 · #D93F35 · #ECC2B9
Burning Aurora
#1C9AA6 · #3FABDF · #DA3425 · #E8A19F
Silent Breeze
#3CD83A · #2FCF63 · #74D8B6 · #279F9F
Mellow Ruby Bloom
#2698AB · #2E67CE · #968BD9 · #A157CB
Palette Ff8000
#FF8000 · #4C1F7A · #219B9D · #EEEEEE

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#239BA7#1F9AA2#1C9AA6#279F9F#2698AB#219B9D#29A6A4#1BA6A4#20999B#2492A2#2693AC#1E9E9A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #239EA5  ·  #239EA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #239EA6?

#239EA6 is Teal, a teal color (RGB 35, 158, 166). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #239EA6?

#239EA6 is RGB 35, 158, 166 — HSL 184°, 65%, 39% — CMYK 79%, 5%, 0%, 35%.

What colors go with #239EA6?

Its complement is #A42B23; analogous partners are #23A46C and #235BA4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #239EA6 for text?

Black text on #239EA6 has a contrast ratio of 6.51:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.22:1.