#23838C#23838C

#23838C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.086 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23838C
RGB	rgb(35, 131, 140)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 6.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, -23.67, -12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 26.88, 208.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% -0.0782 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.086 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5410, 18.4818, 27.6595)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23838C #8C2C23

analogous

#238C61 #23838C #234F8C

triadic

#23838C #8C2383 #838C23

tetradic

#23838C #61238C #8C2C23 #4F8C23

square

#23838C #61238C #8C2C23 #4F8C23

split-complementary

#23838C #8C234F #8C6123

monochromatic

#0B272A #17555B #23838C #2FB1BD #55CAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#23838C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#23838C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23838C

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23838C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23838C	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69728C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23838c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 131, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.086 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a7ad',
    500: '#23838c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23838c;
$custom-light: #70a7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23838c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56054,
    "c": 0.08586,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23838C

secondary

#B85B52

accent

#5245E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23838C

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

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