#23A485#23A485

#23A485 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.117 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A485
RGB	rgb(35, 164, 133)
HSL	hsl(166, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(166, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 0%, 18.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -41.23, 6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 41.74, 171.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.1156 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.117 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2000, 28.5995, 26.7468)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A485 #A42342

analogous

#23A444 #23A485 #2383A4

triadic

#23A485 #8523A4 #A48523

tetradic

#23A485 #4423A4 #A42342 #83A423

square

#23A485 #4423A4 #A42342 #83A423

split-complementary

#23A485 #A42383 #A44423

monochromatic

#0D3F33 #18725C #23A485 #31D3AC #64DEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#23A485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#23A485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A485

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A485	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 164, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.117 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c0a8',
    500: '#23a485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a485;
$custom-light: #74c0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.581,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64419,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A485

secondary

#C36078

accent

#4068E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A485

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

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