#23A9AE#23A9AE

#23A9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.107 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A9AE
RGB	rgb(35, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -31.85, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 34.20, 201.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.1014 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.107 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5176, 31.7864, 44.9848)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A9AE #AE2823

analogous

#23AE6D #23A9AE #2363AE

triadic

#23A9AE #AE23A9 #A9AE23

tetradic

#23A9AE #6D23AE #AE2823 #63AE23

square

#23A9AE #6D23AE #AE2823 #63AE23

split-complementary

#23A9AE #AE2363 #AE6D23

monochromatic

#0F4648 #19787B #23A9AE #37D1D7 #6ADDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#23A9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#23A9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A9AE

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A9AE	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.107 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c3c6',
    500: '#23a9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a9ae;
$custom-light: #79c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.158,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67042,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A9AE

secondary

#C76966

accent

#453EE9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A9AE

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

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