#23A5BC#23A5BC

#23A5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.109 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A5BC
RGB	rgb(35, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, -25.44, -21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 33.26, 220.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.0916 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.109 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2214, 30.8955, 52.3067)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A5BC #BC3A23

analogous

#23BC86 #23A5BC #2358BC

triadic

#23A5BC #BC23A5 #A5BC23

tetradic

#23A5BC #8623BC #BC3A23 #58BC23

square

#23A5BC #8623BC #BC3A23 #58BC23

split-complementary

#23A5BC #BC2358 #BC8623

monochromatic

#104A55 #197888 #23A5BC #41C4DC #74D4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#23A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#23A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A5BC

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A5BC	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.109 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac0d0',
    500: '#23a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a5bc;
$custom-light: #7ac0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.02,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66597,
    "c": 0.10942,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A5BC

secondary

#CC7D6F

accent

#573CEB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A5BC

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

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