#23A5BA#23A5BA

#23A5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.109 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A5BA
RGB	rgb(35, 165, 186)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(188, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, -26.09, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 33.13, 218.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.0924 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.109 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0073, 30.8099, 51.1792)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A5BA #BA3823

analogous

#23BA83 #23A5BA #235ABA

triadic

#23A5BA #BA23A5 #A5BA23

tetradic

#23A5BA #8323BA #BA3823 #5ABA23

square

#23A5BA #8323BA #BA3823 #5ABA23

split-complementary

#23A5BA #BA235A #BA8323

monochromatic

#104A53 #197786 #23A5BA #3FC5DB #73D5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#23A5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#23A5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A5BA

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A5BA	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 165, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.109 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac0ce',
    500: '#23a5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a5ba;
$custom-light: #7ac0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.344,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66515,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A5BA

secondary

#CC7A6D

accent

#553DEB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A5BA

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

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