#23A9BC#23A9BC

#23A9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.110 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A9BC
RGB	rgb(35, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -27.45, -19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 33.71, 215.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0954 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.11 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9542, 32.3611, 52.5510)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A9BC #BC3623

analogous

#23BC82 #23A9BC #235CBC

triadic

#23A9BC #BC23A9 #A9BC23

tetradic

#23A9BC #8223BC #BC3623 #5CBC23

square

#23A9BC #8223BC #BC3623 #5CBC23

split-complementary

#23A9BC #BC235C #BC8223

monochromatic

#104C55 #197B88 #23A9BC #41C8DC #74D7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#23A9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#23A9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A9BC

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A9BC	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.110 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac3d0',
    500: '#23a9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a9bc;
$custom-light: #7ac3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.451,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67583,
    "c": 0.10993,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A9BC

secondary

#CC7A6F

accent

#523CEB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A9BC

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

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