#23A9A1#23A9A1

#23A9A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.109 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A9A1
RGB	rgb(35, 169, 161)
HSL	hsl(176, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(176, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 0%, 4.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -35.74, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 36.21, 189.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% -0.1073 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.109 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3110, 31.3038, 38.6304)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A9A1 #A9232B

analogous

#23A95E #23A9A1 #236EA9

triadic

#23A9A1 #A123A9 #A9A123

tetradic

#23A9A1 #5E23A9 #A9232B #6EA923

square

#23A9A1 #5E23A9 #A9232B #6EA923

split-complementary

#23A9A1 #A9236E #A95E23

monochromatic

#0E4440 #197671 #23A9A1 #34D5CB #67DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#23A9A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#23A9A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A9A1

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A9A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A9A1	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a9a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 169, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.109 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c3bc',
    500: '#23a9a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a9a1;
$custom-light: #77c3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a9a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.418,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66581,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A9A1

secondary

#C56369

accent

#3F49E9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A9A1

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

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