#23A5AE#23A5AE

#23A5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.105 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A5AE
RGB	rgb(35, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, -29.91, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 33.17, 205.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0975 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.105 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7848, 30.3209, 44.7405)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A5AE #AE2C23

analogous

#23AE71 #23A5AE #235FAE

triadic

#23A5AE #AE23A5 #A5AE23

tetradic

#23A5AE #7123AE #AE2C23 #5FAE23

square

#23A5AE #7123AE #AE2C23 #5FAE23

split-complementary

#23A5AE #AE235F #AE7123

monochromatic

#0F4448 #19757B #23A5AE #37CDD7 #6AD9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#23A5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#23A5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A5AE

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A5AE	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#989EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8590AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.105 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c0c6',
    500: '#23a5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a5ae;
$custom-light: #78c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.885,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6604,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A5AE

secondary

#C76C66

accent

#493EE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A5AE

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

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