#23A9A8#23A9A8

#23A9A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.107 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A9A8
RGB	rgb(35, 169, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -33.67, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 34.96, 195.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% -0.1041 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.107 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9457, 31.5577, 41.9728)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A9A8 #A92324

analogous

#23A965 #23A9A8 #2367A9

triadic

#23A9A8 #A823A9 #A9A823

tetradic

#23A9A8 #6523A9 #A92324 #67A923

square

#23A9A8 #6523A9 #A92324 #67A923

split-complementary

#23A9A8 #A92367 #A96523

monochromatic

#0E4443 #197676 #23A9A8 #34D5D4 #67DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#23A9A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#23A9A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A9A8

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A9A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A9A8	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B93A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 169, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.107 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c3c1',
    500: '#23a9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a9a8;
$custom-light: #78c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.552,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66824,
    "c": 0.10736,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A9A8

secondary

#C56363

accent

#3F40E9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A9A8

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

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