#23A8AA#23A8AA

#23A8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.107 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A8AA
RGB	rgb(35, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 1.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -32.59, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 34.36, 198.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% -0.1022 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.107 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9481, 31.2621, 42.8998)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A8AA #AA2523

analogous

#23AA69 #23A8AA #2364AA

triadic

#23A8AA #AA23A8 #A8AA23

tetradic

#23A8AA #6923AA #AA2523 #64AA23

square

#23A8AA #6923AA #AA2523 #64AA23

split-complementary

#23A8AA #AA2364 #AA6923

monochromatic

#0E4444 #197677 #23A8AA #35D3D5 #68DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#23A8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#23A8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A8AA

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A8AA	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)

#9CA0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.107 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c2c3',
    500: '#23a8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a8aa;
$custom-light: #78c2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66644,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A8AA

secondary

#C66563

accent

#423FE9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A8AA

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

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