#23A8A9#23A8A9

#23A8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.107 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A8A9
RGB	rgb(35, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -32.90, -10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 34.49, 197.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.1027 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.107 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8539, 31.2244, 42.4035)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A8A9 #A92423

analogous

#23A967 #23A8A9 #2365A9

triadic

#23A8A9 #A923A8 #A8A923

tetradic

#23A8A9 #6723A9 #A92423 #65A923

square

#23A8A9 #6723A9 #A92423 #65A923

split-complementary

#23A8A9 #A92365 #A96723

monochromatic

#0E4344 #197676 #23A8A9 #34D4D5 #67DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#23A8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#23A8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A8A9

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A8A9	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.107 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c2c2',
    500: '#23a8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a8a9;
$custom-light: #78c2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.448,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66608,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A8A9

secondary

#C56363

accent

#403FE9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A8A9

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

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