#223C38#223C38

#223C38 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.033 H 183.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#223C38
RGB	rgb(34, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(171, 28%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(171, 43%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 0%, 6.7%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.19, -11.11, -0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.19, 11.13, 183.50°)
OKLab	oklab(33.38% -0.0329 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(33.38% 0.033 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.9891, 3.8571, 4.3276)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#223C38 #3C2226

analogous

#223C2B #223C38 #22333C

triadic

#223C38 #38223C #3C3822

tetradic

#223C38 #2B223C #3C2226 #333C22

square

#223C38 #2B223C #3C2226 #333C22

split-complementary

#223C38 #3C2233 #3C2B22

monochromatic

#0B1412 #0C1514 #223C38 #38635C #4E8A81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#223C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#223C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #223C38

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##223C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##223C38	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#193D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #223c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.033 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e716e',
    500: '#223c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #223c38;
$custom-light: #5e716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#223c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33376,
    "c": 0.03292,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#223C38

secondary

#6F4B50

accent

#6473C4

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9ECEB

border

#C5C7C6

text

#040707

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #223C38

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

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