#23A8A0#23A8A0

#23A8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.108 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A8A0
RGB	rgb(35, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(176, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(176, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, -35.57, -5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 36.03, 189.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.1068 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.108 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0379, 30.8980, 38.1060)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A8A0 #A8232B

analogous

#23A85E #23A8A0 #236EA8

triadic

#23A8A0 #A023A8 #A8A023

tetradic

#23A8A0 #5E23A8 #A8232B #6EA823

square

#23A8A0 #5E23A8 #A8232B #6EA823

split-complementary

#23A8A0 #A8236E #A85E23

monochromatic

#0E4340 #187570 #23A8A0 #34D5CB #66DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#23A8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#23A8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A8A0

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A8A0	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)

#9E9FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C91A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.108 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c2bc',
    500: '#23a8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a8a0;
$custom-light: #77c2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.391,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66293,
    "c": 0.10799,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A8A0

secondary

#C56268

accent

#3F4AE8

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF8F6

border

#C9D1D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A8A0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →