#23B09B#23B09B

#23B09B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.117 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B09B
RGB	rgb(35, 176, 155)
HSL	hsl(171, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(171, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 0%, 11.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -40.59, 0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 40.59, 179.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.117 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.117 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1319, 33.7718, 36.3561)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B09B #B02338

analogous

#23B055 #23B09B #237FB0

triadic

#23B09B #9B23B0 #B09B23

tetradic

#23B09B #5523B0 #B02338 #7FB023

square

#23B09B #5523B0 #B02338 #7FB023

split-complementary

#23B09B #B0237F #B05523

monochromatic

#0F4A41 #197D6E #23B09B #39D8C0 #6CE2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#23B09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#23B09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B09B

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B09B	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96989D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 176, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.117 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c8b8',
    500: '#23b09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b09b;
$custom-light: #78c8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.064,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68172,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B09B

secondary

#C86775

accent

#3E58EA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B09B

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

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