#23A178#23A178

#23A178 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.123 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A178
RGB	rgb(35, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(160, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(160, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 25.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -43.22, 12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 44.85, 164.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.119 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.123 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8262, 27.2011, 22.1292)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A178 #A1234C

analogous

#23A139 #23A178 #238BA1

triadic

#23A178 #7823A1 #A17823

tetradic

#23A178 #3923A1 #A1234C #8BA123

square

#23A178 #3923A1 #A1234C #8BA123

split-complementary

#23A178 #A1238B #A13923

monochromatic

#0D3C2D #186F53 #23A178 #2FD29D #62DDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#23A178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#23A178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A178

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A178	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.123 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73be9f',
    500: '#23a178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a178;
$custom-light: #73be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.476,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63279,
    "c": 0.12284,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A178

secondary

#C25E7E

accent

#4177E7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF7F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A178

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

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