#23898B#23898B

#23898B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.089 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23898B
RGB	rgb(35, 137, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 1.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, -27.03, -9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 28.59, 199.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% -0.085 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.089 197)
XYZ	xyz(14.2969, 20.1110, 27.5494)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23898B #8B2523

analogous

#238B59 #23898B #23558B

triadic

#23898B #8B2389 #898B23

tetradic

#23898B #59238B #8B2523 #558B23

square

#23898B #59238B #8B2523 #558B23

split-complementary

#23898B #8B2355 #8B5923

monochromatic

#0A2929 #17595A #23898B #2FB9BC #54D2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#23898B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#23898B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23898B

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23898B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23898B	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F828B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70778C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23898b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 137, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.089 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acac',
    500: '#23898b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23898b;
$custom-light: #70acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23898b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.154,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57571,
    "c": 0.08882,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.20113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23898B

secondary

#B85452

accent

#4845E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23898B

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

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