#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
RGB	rgb(35, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -25.77, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 33.19, 219.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.092 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.109 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1140, 30.8525, 51.7410)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##23A5BB	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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