#23838B#23838B

#23838B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.086 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23838B
RGB	rgb(35, 131, 139)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, -23.99, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 26.92, 206.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% -0.0787 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.086 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.4676, 18.4524, 27.2730)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23838B #8B2B23

analogous

#238B5F #23838B #234F8B

triadic

#23838B #8B2383 #838B23

tetradic

#23838B #5F238B #8B2B23 #4F8B23

square

#23838B #5F238B #8B2B23 #4F8B23

split-complementary

#23838B #8B234F #8B5F23

monochromatic

#0A2729 #17555A #23838B #2FB1BC #54CAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#23838B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#23838B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23838B

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23838B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23838B	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69728B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23838b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 131, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.086 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a7ac',
    500: '#23838b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23838b;
$custom-light: #70a7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23838b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56014,
    "c": 0.08567,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23838B

secondary

#B85A52

accent

#5145E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23838B

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

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