#23A5BD#23A5BD

#23A5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.110 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A5BD
RGB	rgb(35, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -25.11, -21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 33.34, 221.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% -0.0912 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.11 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3296, 30.9388, 52.8764)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A5BD #BD3B23

analogous

#23BD88 #23A5BD #2358BD

triadic

#23A5BD #BD23A5 #A5BD23

tetradic

#23A5BD #8823BD #BD3B23 #58BD23

square

#23A5BD #8823BD #BD3B23 #58BD23

split-complementary

#23A5BD #BD2358 #BD8823

monochromatic

#104B56 #197889 #23A5BD #41C4DC #75D4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#23A5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#23A5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A5BD

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A5BD	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F91BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.110 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac0d1',
    500: '#23a5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a5bd;
$custom-light: #7ac0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.351,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66639,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A5BD

secondary

#CD7E6F

accent

#583CEC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A5BD

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

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