#23A4A5#23A4A5

#23A4A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.104 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A4A5
RGB	rgb(35, 164, 165)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, -32.20, -10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 33.77, 197.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.1005 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.104 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7570, 29.6223, 40.2137)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A4A5 #A52423

analogous

#23A565 #23A4A5 #2363A5

triadic

#23A4A5 #A523A4 #A4A523

tetradic

#23A4A5 #6523A5 #A52423 #63A523

square

#23A4A5 #6523A5 #A52423 #63A523

split-complementary

#23A4A5 #A52363 #A56523

monochromatic

#0E4040 #187273 #23A4A5 #32D2D3 #64DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#23A4A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#23A4A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A4A5

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A4A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A4A5	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a4a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 164, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.104 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bfbf',
    500: '#23a4a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a4a5;
$custom-light: #77bfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a4a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.462,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65453,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A4A5

secondary

#C46160

accent

#4140E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A4A5

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

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