#23A5B0#23A5B0

#23A5B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.106 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A5B0
RGB	rgb(35, 165, 176)
HSL	hsl(185, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 6.2%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -29.29, -15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 33.07, 207.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% -0.0967 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.106 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9812, 30.3994, 45.7750)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A5B0 #B02E23

analogous

#23B075 #23A5B0 #235FB0

triadic

#23A5B0 #B023A5 #A5B023

tetradic

#23A5B0 #7523B0 #B02E23 #5FB023

square

#23A5B0 #7523B0 #B02E23 #5FB023

split-complementary

#23A5B0 #B0235F #B07523

monochromatic

#0F454A #19757D #23A5B0 #39CBD8 #6CD8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#23A5B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#23A5B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A5B0

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A5B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A5B0	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8490B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a5b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 165, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.106 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c0c7',
    500: '#23a5b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a5b0;
$custom-light: #78c0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a5b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.681,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66116,
    "c": 0.10568,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A5B0

secondary

#C86F67

accent

#4B3EEA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A5B0

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

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