#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
RGBrgb(35, 169, 168)
HSLhsl(180, 66%, 40%)
HSVhsv(180, 79%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(79.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(62.98, -33.67, -9.39)
CIE-LCHlch(62.98, 34.96, 195.59°)
OKLaboklab(66.82% -0.1041 -0.0262)
OKLCHoklch(66.82% 0.107 194.1)
XYZxyz(21.9457, 31.5577, 41.9728)
Luminance0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##23A9A81.002.877.317.31
#FFFFFF2.871.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3121.001.001.00
##0000007.3121.001.001.00

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

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#23A9A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva