#23838D#23838D

#23838D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.086 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23838D
RGB	rgb(35, 131, 141)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 7.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, -23.34, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 26.85, 209.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% -0.0778 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.086 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.6150, 18.5114, 28.0496)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23838D #8D2D23

analogous

#238D62 #23838D #234E8D

triadic

#23838D #8D2383 #838D23

tetradic

#23838D #62238D #8D2D23 #4E8D23

square

#23838D #62238D #8D2D23 #4E8D23

split-complementary

#23838D #8D234E #8D6223

monochromatic

#0B282B #17555C #23838D #2FB1BE #55C9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#23838D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#23838D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23838D

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23838D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23838D	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)

#787D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23838d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 131, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.086 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a7ae',
    500: '#23838d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23838d;
$custom-light: #70a7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23838d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.66,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56094,
    "c": 0.08608,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23838D

secondary

#B95C53

accent

#5344E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23838D

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

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