#23A185#23A185

#23A185 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.113 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A185
RGB	rgb(35, 161, 133)
HSL	hsl(167, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(167, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 17.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -39.94, 5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 40.27, 172.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.1126 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.113 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6694, 27.5384, 26.5699)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A185 #A1233F

analogous

#23A146 #23A185 #237EA1

triadic

#23A185 #8523A1 #A18523

tetradic

#23A185 #4623A1 #A1233F #7EA123

square

#23A185 #4623A1 #A1233F #7EA123

split-complementary

#23A185 #A1237E #A14623

monochromatic

#0D3C32 #186F5B #23A185 #2FD2AE #62DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#23A185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#23A185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A185

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A185	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 161, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.113 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bda8',
    500: '#23a185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a185;
$custom-light: #74bda8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63635,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A185

secondary

#C25E74

accent

#4166E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A185

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

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