#23A09D#23A09D

#23A09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.103 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A09D
RGB	rgb(35, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -32.72, -7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 33.66, 193.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.1002 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.103 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3469, 27.9309, 36.2633)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A09D #A02326

analogous

#23A05E #23A09D #2364A0

triadic

#23A09D #9D23A0 #A09D23

tetradic

#23A09D #5E23A0 #A02326 #64A023

square

#23A09D #5E23A0 #A02326 #64A023

split-complementary

#23A09D #A02364 #A05E23

monochromatic

#0D3C3A #186E6C #23A09D #2FD1CE #61DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#23A09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#23A09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A09D

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A09D	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96989D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.103 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcb9',
    500: '#23a09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a09d;
$custom-light: #75bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.56,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6415,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A09D

secondary

#C15D60

accent

#4145E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A09D

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

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