#23A8A6#23A8A6

#23A8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.107 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A8A6
RGB	rgb(35, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(179, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(179, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -33.80, -8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 34.93, 194.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.104 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.107 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5755, 31.1131, 40.9373)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A8A6 #A82325

analogous

#23A864 #23A8A6 #2367A8

triadic

#23A8A6 #A623A8 #A8A623

tetradic

#23A8A6 #6423A8 #A82325 #67A823

square

#23A8A6 #6423A8 #A82325 #67A823

split-complementary

#23A8A6 #A82367 #A86423

monochromatic

#0E4342 #187574 #23A8A6 #34D5D2 #66DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#23A8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#23A8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A8A6

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A8A6	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B92A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.107 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c2c0',
    500: '#23a8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a8a6;
$custom-light: #78c2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.098,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66501,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A8A6

secondary

#C56264

accent

#3F42E8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A8A6

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

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