#23A187#23A187

#23A187 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.112 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A187
RGB	rgb(35, 161, 135)
HSL	hsl(168, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(168, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 16.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -39.41, 4.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 39.62, 174.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.1116 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.112 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8089, 27.5941, 27.3046)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A187 #A1233D

analogous

#23A148 #23A187 #237CA1

triadic

#23A187 #8723A1 #A18723

tetradic

#23A187 #4823A1 #A1233D #7CA123

square

#23A187 #4823A1 #A1233D #7CA123

split-complementary

#23A187 #A1237C #A14823

monochromatic

#0D3C33 #186F5D #23A187 #2FD2B0 #62DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#23A187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#23A187 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A187

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A187	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 161, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.112 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bda9',
    500: '#23a187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a187;
$custom-light: #74bda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.619,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63694,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A187

secondary

#C25E73

accent

#4163E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A187

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

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