#23A9BB#23A9BB

#23A9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.110 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A9BB
RGB	rgb(35, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -27.77, -19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 33.68, 214.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0959 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.11 209)
XYZ	xyz(23.8468, 32.3181, 51.9852)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A9BB #BB3523

analogous

#23BB81 #23A9BB #235DBB

triadic

#23A9BB #BB23A9 #A9BB23

tetradic

#23A9BB #8123BB #BB3523 #5DBB23

square

#23A9BB #8123BB #BB3523 #5DBB23

split-complementary

#23A9BB #BB235D #BB8123

monochromatic

#104C54 #197A87 #23A9BB #40C9DB #74D7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#23A9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#23A9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A9BB

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A9BB	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.110 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac3cf',
    500: '#23a9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a9bb;
$custom-light: #7ac3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.105,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67543,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.32321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A9BB

secondary

#CC796E

accent

#513CEB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A9BB

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

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