#23A9B5#23A9B5

#23A9B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.108 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A9B5
RGB	rgb(35, 169, 181)
HSL	hsl(185, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 6.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -29.67, -16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 33.73, 208.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0984 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.108 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2179, 32.0665, 48.6729)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A9B5 #B52F23

analogous

#23B578 #23A9B5 #2360B5

triadic

#23A9B5 #B523A9 #A9B523

tetradic

#23A9B5 #7823B5 #B52F23 #60B523

square

#23A9B5 #7823B5 #B52F23 #60B523

split-complementary

#23A9B5 #B52360 #B57823

monochromatic

#0F494E #197982 #23A9B5 #3CCCD9 #6FDAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#23A9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#23A9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A9B5

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A9B5	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8793B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 169, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.108 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c3cb',
    500: '#23a9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a9b5;
$custom-light: #79c3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.932,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67307,
    "c": 0.10804,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A9B5

secondary

#CA726A

accent

#4C3DEA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A9B5

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

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