#23A5AD#23A5AD

#23A5AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.105 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A5AD
RGB	rgb(35, 165, 173)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -30.23, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 33.23, 204.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66% -0.098 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.105 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6877, 30.2820, 44.2290)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A5AD #AD2B23

analogous

#23AD70 #23A5AD #2360AD

triadic

#23A5AD #AD23A5 #A5AD23

tetradic

#23A5AD #7023AD #AD2B23 #60AD23

square

#23A5AD #7023AD #AD2B23 #60AD23

split-complementary

#23A5AD #AD2360 #AD7023

monochromatic

#0E4447 #19747A #23A5AD #37CDD6 #6ADAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#23A5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#23A5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A5AD

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A5AD	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8590AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 165, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.105 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c0c5',
    500: '#23a5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a5ad;
$custom-light: #78c0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.478,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66001,
    "c": 0.10523,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A5AD

secondary

#C76B65

accent

#483FE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A5AD

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

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