#23838F#23838F

#23838F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.087 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23838F
RGB	rgb(35, 131, 143)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, -22.69, -14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 26.84, 212.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% -0.0769 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.087 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7652, 18.5714, 28.8404)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23838F #8F2F23

analogous

#238F65 #23838F #234D8F

triadic

#23838F #8F2383 #838F23

tetradic

#23838F #65238F #8F2F23 #4D8F23

square

#23838F #65238F #8F2F23 #4D8F23

split-complementary

#23838F #8F234D #8F6523

monochromatic

#0B292D #17565E #23838F #2FB0C0 #57C8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#23838F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#23838F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23838F

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23838F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23838F	1.00	4.45	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.45	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)

#777E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68738F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23838f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 131, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.087 207.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23838f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56175,
    "c": 0.08661,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23838F

secondary

#BA5F54

accent

#5644E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23838F

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

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