#23A8A8#23A8A8

#23A8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.107 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A8A8
RGB	rgb(35, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, -33.20, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 34.63, 196.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.1031 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.107 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7604, 31.1870, 41.9110)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A8A8 #A82323

analogous

#23A866 #23A8A8 #2366A8

triadic

#23A8A8 #A823A8 #A8A823

tetradic

#23A8A8 #6623A8 #A82323 #66A823

square

#23A8A8 #6623A8 #A82323 #66A823

split-complementary

#23A8A8 #A82366 #A86623

monochromatic

#0E4343 #187575 #23A8A8 #34D5D5 #66DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#23A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#23A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A8A8

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A8A8	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9FA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.107 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c2c1',
    500: '#23a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a8a8;
$custom-light: #78c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66572,
    "c": 0.10673,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A8A8

secondary

#C56262

accent

#3F3FE8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A8A8

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

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