#23A5BB#23A5BB

#23A5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.109 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#23A5BB
RGBrgb(35, 165, 187)
HSLhsl(189, 68%, 44%)
HSVhsv(189, 81%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(81.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(62.38, -25.77, -20.93)
CIE-LCHlch(62.38, 33.19, 219.08°)
OKLaboklab(66.56% -0.092 -0.0584)
OKLCHoklch(66.56% 0.109 212.4)
XYZxyz(23.1140, 30.8525, 51.7410)
Luminance0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#23A5BB #BB3923
analogous
#23BB85 #23A5BB #2359BB
triadic
#23A5BB #BB23A5 #A5BB23
tetradic
#23A5BB #8523BB #BB3923 #59BB23
square
#23A5BB #8523BB #BB3923 #59BB23
split-complementary
#23A5BB #BB2359 #BB8523
monochromatic
#104A54 #197887 #23A5BB #40C5DB #74D4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93
#23A5BB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17
#23A5BB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A5BB
7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##23A5BB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##23A5BB1.002.937.177.17
#FFFFFF2.931.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1721.001.001.00
##0000007.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#949FBC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8091BB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AEAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #23a5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.109 212.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac0cf',
    500: '#23a5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #23a5bb;
$custom-light: #7ac0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#23a5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.684,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66556,
    "c": 0.10899,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#23A5BB
secondary
#CC7B6E
accent
#563CEB
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#EFF7F9
border
#CAD0D2
text
#0B1213
muted
#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A5BB

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#23A5BB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva