#23A9A4#23A9A4

#23A9A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.108 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A9A4
RGB	rgb(35, 169, 164)
HSL	hsl(178, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(178, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 0%, 3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -34.86, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 35.62, 191.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.1059 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.108 191)
XYZ	xyz(21.5788, 31.4109, 40.0404)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A9A4 #A92328

analogous

#23A961 #23A9A4 #236BA9

triadic

#23A9A4 #A423A9 #A9A423

tetradic

#23A9A4 #6123A9 #A92328 #6BA923

square

#23A9A4 #6123A9 #A92328 #6BA923

split-complementary

#23A9A4 #A9236B #A96123

monochromatic

#0E4442 #197673 #23A9A4 #34D5CF #67DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#23A9A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#23A9A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A9A4

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A9A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A9A4	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a9a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 169, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.108 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c3be',
    500: '#23a9a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a9a4;
$custom-light: #78c3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a9a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.761,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66684,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.31414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A9A4

secondary

#C56366

accent

#3F45E9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A9A4

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

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