#23A089#23A089

#23A089 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.110 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A089
RGB	rgb(35, 160, 137)
HSL	hsl(169, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 14.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -38.43, 2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 38.51, 176.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.1096 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.11 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7770, 27.3029, 27.9951)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A089 #A0233A

analogous

#23A04A #23A089 #2378A0

triadic

#23A089 #8923A0 #A08923

tetradic

#23A089 #4A23A0 #A0233A #78A023

square

#23A089 #4A23A0 #A0233A #78A023

split-complementary

#23A089 #A02378 #A04A23

monochromatic

#0D3C33 #186E5E #23A089 #2FD1B4 #61DCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#23A089 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#23A089 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A089

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A089	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A089	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a089;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 160, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.110 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bdab',
    500: '#23a089',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a089;
$custom-light: #74bdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a089",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.96,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63493,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A089

secondary

#C15D70

accent

#415FE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A089

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

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