#23A09B#23A09B

#23A09B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.103 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A09B
RGB	rgb(35, 160, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 3.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, -33.31, -6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 34.01, 191.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.1011 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.103 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1775, 27.8631, 35.3714)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A09B #A02328

analogous

#23A05C #23A09B #2366A0

triadic

#23A09B #9B23A0 #A09B23

tetradic

#23A09B #5C23A0 #A02328 #66A023

square

#23A09B #5C23A0 #A02328 #66A023

split-complementary

#23A09B #A02366 #A05C23

monochromatic

#0D3C3A #186E6A #23A09B #2FD1CB #61DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#23A09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#23A09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A09B

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A09B	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96979B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 160, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.103 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcb8',
    500: '#23a09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a09b;
$custom-light: #75bcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64079,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A09B

secondary

#C15D61

accent

#4147E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A09B

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

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