#23A5AA#23A5AA

#23A5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.105 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A5AA
RGB	rgb(35, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, -31.16, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 33.49, 201.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0993 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.105 199)
XYZ	xyz(21.4007, 30.1672, 42.7174)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A5AA #AA2823

analogous

#23AA6B #23A5AA #2362AA

triadic

#23A5AA #AA23A5 #A5AA23

tetradic

#23A5AA #6B23AA #AA2823 #62AA23

square

#23A5AA #6B23AA #AA2823 #62AA23

split-complementary

#23A5AA #AA2362 #AA6B23

monochromatic

#0E4244 #197477 #23A5AA #35CFD5 #68DBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#23A5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#23A5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A5AA

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A5AA	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8690AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.105 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c0c3',
    500: '#23a5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a5aa;
$custom-light: #78c0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65889,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.3017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A5AA

secondary

#C66763

accent

#453FE9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A5AA

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

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