#23A488#23A488

#23A488 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.115 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A488
RGB	rgb(35, 164, 136)
HSL	hsl(167, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(167, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 0%, 17.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, -40.45, 4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 40.75, 173.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.1142 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.115 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4102, 28.6835, 27.8540)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A488 #A4233F

analogous

#23A448 #23A488 #2380A4

triadic

#23A488 #8823A4 #A48823

tetradic

#23A488 #4823A4 #A4233F #80A423

square

#23A488 #4823A4 #A4233F #80A423

split-complementary

#23A488 #A42380 #A44823

monochromatic

#0D3F34 #18725E #23A488 #31D3B0 #64DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#23A488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#23A488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A488

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A488	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 164, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.115 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c0aa',
    500: '#23a488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a488;
$custom-light: #74c0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.977,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64506,
    "c": 0.11485,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A488

secondary

#C36075

accent

#4064E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A488

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

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