#23A4A8#23A4A8

#23A4A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.104 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A4A8
RGB	rgb(35, 164, 168)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 2.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, -31.29, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 33.41, 200.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% -0.0992 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.104 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0332, 29.7328, 41.6686)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A4A8 #A82723

analogous

#23A86A #23A4A8 #2361A8

triadic

#23A4A8 #A823A4 #A4A823

tetradic

#23A4A8 #6A23A8 #A82723 #61A823

square

#23A4A8 #6A23A8 #A82723 #61A823

split-complementary

#23A4A8 #A82361 #A86A23

monochromatic

#0E4143 #187375 #23A4A8 #34D0D5 #66DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#23A4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#23A4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A4A8

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A4A8	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 164, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.104 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bfc1',
    500: '#23a4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a4a8;
$custom-light: #77bfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.805,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65563,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A4A8

secondary

#C56562

accent

#443FE8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A4A8

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

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