#23A6A8#23A6A8

#23A6A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.106 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A6A8
RGB	rgb(35, 166, 168)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 1.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, -32.25, -10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 34.00, 198.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.1012 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.106 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3940, 30.4542, 41.7889)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A6A8 #A82523

analogous

#23A867 #23A6A8 #2364A8

triadic

#23A6A8 #A823A6 #A6A823

tetradic

#23A6A8 #6723A8 #A82523 #64A823

square

#23A6A8 #6723A8 #A82523 #64A823

split-complementary

#23A6A8 #A82364 #A86723

monochromatic

#0E4243 #187475 #23A6A8 #34D2D5 #66DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#23A6A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#23A6A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A6A8

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A6A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A6A8	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8890A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a6a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 166, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.106 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c1c1',
    500: '#23a6a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a6a8;
$custom-light: #78c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a6a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.902,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66067,
    "c": 0.10552,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A6A8

secondary

#C56462

accent

#423FE8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A6A8

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

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