#23A189#23A189

#23A189 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.111 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A189
RGB	rgb(35, 161, 137)
HSL	hsl(169, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 14.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -38.87, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 38.99, 175.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.1106 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.111 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9510, 27.6510, 28.0531)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A189 #A1233B

analogous

#23A14A #23A189 #237AA1

triadic

#23A189 #8923A1 #A18923

tetradic

#23A189 #4A23A1 #A1233B #7AA123

square

#23A189 #4A23A1 #A1233B #7AA123

split-complementary

#23A189 #A1237A #A14A23

monochromatic

#0D3C33 #186F5E #23A189 #2FD2B3 #62DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#23A189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#23A189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A189

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A189	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)

#9B9688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 161, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.111 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bdab',
    500: '#23a189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a189;
$custom-light: #74bdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.571,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63753,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A189

secondary

#C25E71

accent

#4160E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A189

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

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