#23A9A5#23A9A5

#23A9A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.108 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A9A5
RGB	rgb(35, 169, 165)
HSL	hsl(178, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(178, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -34.56, -7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 35.44, 192.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.1055 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.108 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6694, 31.4472, 40.5178)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A9A5 #A92327

analogous

#23A962 #23A9A5 #236AA9

triadic

#23A9A5 #A523A9 #A9A523

tetradic

#23A9A5 #6223A9 #A92327 #6AA923

square

#23A9A5 #6223A9 #A92327 #6AA923

split-complementary

#23A9A5 #A9236A #A96223

monochromatic

#0E4442 #197673 #23A9A5 #34D5D0 #67DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#23A9A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#23A9A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A9A5

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A9A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A9A5	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a9a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 169, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.108 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c3bf',
    500: '#23a9a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a9a5;
$custom-light: #78c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a9a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.209,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66718,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A9A5

secondary

#C56366

accent

#3F44E9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A9A5

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

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