#23838E#23838E

#23838E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.086 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23838E
RGB	rgb(35, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, -23.02, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 26.84, 210.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% -0.0773 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.086 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.6898, 18.5413, 28.4433)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23838E #8E2E23

analogous

#238E63 #23838E #234E8E

triadic

#23838E #8E2383 #838E23

tetradic

#23838E #63238E #8E2E23 #4E8E23

square

#23838E #63238E #8E2E23 #4E8E23

split-complementary

#23838E #8E234E #8E6323

monochromatic

#0B282C #17565D #23838E #2FB0BF #56C8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#23838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#23838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23838E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23838E	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.086 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a7af',
    500: '#23838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23838e;
$custom-light: #70a7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.168,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56134,
    "c": 0.08633,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23838E

secondary

#B95E53

accent

#5544E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23838E

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

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