#233b38

Color #233b38

A muted very dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 8.89 Nearest Tailwind class teal-950 #022f2e · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#233b38

RGB

rgb(35, 59, 56)

HSL

hsl(172.5, 25.5%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.5, 40.7%, 23.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 5.1%, 76.9%)

LAB

lab(22.9, -10.17, -1.11)

LCH

lch(22.9, 10.23, 186.23)

OKLCH

oklch(33.2%, 0.0305, 185.84)

HWB

hwb(172.5, 13.7%, 76.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3b2326

Analogous

#233b2c

#233b38

#23323b

Triadic

#233b38

#38233b

#3b3823

Split-complementary

#233b38

#3b2332

#3b2c23

Tetradic

#233b38

#23263b

#3b2326

#3b3823

Square

#233b38

#2c233b

#3b2326

#323b23

Shades

Color #233b38 mixed toward black.

#1d312f

#172725

#111d1c

#0c1413

#060a09

Tints

Color #233b38 mixed toward white.

#3d6661

#57928b

#7cb1ab

#a8cbc7

#d3e5e3

Tones

Color #233b38 mixed toward gray.

#253936

#273735

#293533

#2b3332

#2d3130

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.75:1

White text reads better on this background (11.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2f2f39 · ΔE 15.4

Deuteranopia

#2e2c39 · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#253939 · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#373737 · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #233b38;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#233b38]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#233b38 (#233b38) is rgb(35, 59, 56) in RGB.

No, #233b38 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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