#23A09C#23A09C

#23A09C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.103 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A09C
RGB	rgb(35, 160, 156)
HSL	hsl(178, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -33.01, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 33.83, 192.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.1006 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.103 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2619, 27.8968, 35.8155)
Luminance	0.2790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A09C #A02327

analogous

#23A05D #23A09C #2365A0

triadic

#23A09C #9C23A0 #A09C23

tetradic

#23A09C #5D23A0 #A02327 #65A023

square

#23A09C #5D23A0 #A02327 #65A023

split-complementary

#23A09C #A02365 #A05D23

monochromatic

#0D3C3A #186E6B #23A09C #2FD1CC #61DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#23A09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#23A09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A09C

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A09C	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96979C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 160, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.103 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcb9',
    500: '#23a09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a09c;
$custom-light: #75bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.08,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64114,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A09C

secondary

#C15D61

accent

#4146E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A09C

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

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