#23989B#23989B

#23989B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.098 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23989B
RGB	rgb(35, 152, 155)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, -29.47, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 31.33, 199.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.0931 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.098 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8351, 25.1782, 34.9239)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23989B #9B2623

analogous

#239B62 #23989B #235C9B

triadic

#23989B #9B2398 #989B23

tetradic

#23989B #62239B #9B2623 #5C9B23

square

#23989B #62239B #9B2623 #5C9B23

split-complementary

#23989B #9B235C #9B6223

monochromatic

#0C3637 #186769 #23989B #2EC9CD #5ED7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#23989B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#23989B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23989B

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23989B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23989B	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23989b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 152, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.098 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b7b8',
    500: '#23989b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23989b;
$custom-light: #74b7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23989b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62034,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23989B

secondary

#BF5D5A

accent

#4642E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #23989B

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

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