#23A09E#23A09E

#23A09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.102 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A09E
RGB	rgb(35, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -32.41, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 33.49, 194.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0997 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.102 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4326, 27.9651, 36.7148)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A09E #A02325

analogous

#23A05F #23A09E #2363A0

triadic

#23A09E #9E23A0 #A09E23

tetradic

#23A09E #5F23A0 #A02325 #63A023

square

#23A09E #5F23A0 #A02325 #63A023

split-complementary

#23A09E #A02363 #A05F23

monochromatic

#0D3C3B #186E6C #23A09E #2FD1CF #61DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#23A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#23A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A09E

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A09E	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	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)

#95989E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.102 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcba',
    500: '#23a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a09e;
$custom-light: #76bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.04,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64185,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A09E

secondary

#C15D5F

accent

#4143E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A09E

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

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