#23A188#23A188

#23A188 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.111 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A188
RGB	rgb(35, 161, 136)
HSL	hsl(168, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(168, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 15.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -39.14, 3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 39.30, 174.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.1111 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.111 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8796, 27.6224, 27.6771)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A188 #A1233C

analogous

#23A149 #23A188 #237BA1

triadic

#23A188 #8823A1 #A18823

tetradic

#23A188 #4923A1 #A1233C #7BA123

square

#23A188 #4923A1 #A1233C #7BA123

split-complementary

#23A188 #A1237B #A14923

monochromatic

#0D3C33 #186F5E #23A188 #2FD2B2 #62DDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#23A188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#23A188 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A188

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A188	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 161, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.111 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bdaa',
    500: '#23a188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a188;
$custom-light: #74bdaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.095,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63723,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A188

secondary

#C25E72

accent

#4162E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A188

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

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