#23A179#23A179

#23A179 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.122 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A179
RGB	rgb(35, 161, 121)
HSL	hsl(161, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(161, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 24.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -42.97, 11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 44.48, 165.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.1185 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.122 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8872, 27.2255, 22.4505)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A179 #A1234B

analogous

#23A13A #23A179 #238AA1

triadic

#23A179 #7923A1 #A17923

tetradic

#23A179 #3A23A1 #A1234B #8AA123

square

#23A179 #3A23A1 #A1234B #8AA123

split-complementary

#23A179 #A1238A #A13A23

monochromatic

#0D3C2D #186F53 #23A179 #2FD29E #62DDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#23A179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#23A179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A179

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A179	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 161, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.122 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73be9f',
    500: '#23a179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a179;
$custom-light: #73be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.952,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63305,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A179

secondary

#C25E7E

accent

#4175E7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF7F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A179

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

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