#23B197#23B197

#23B197 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.120 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B197
RGB	rgb(35, 177, 151)
HSL	hsl(169, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(169, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 0%, 14.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -42.10, 3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 42.21, 175.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.1199 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.12 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9983, 34.0332, 34.6818)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B197 #B1233D

analogous

#23B150 #23B197 #2384B1

triadic

#23B197 #9723B1 #B19723

tetradic

#23B197 #5023B1 #B1233D #84B123

square

#23B197 #5023B1 #B1233D #84B123

split-complementary

#23B197 #B12384 #B15023

monochromatic

#0F4B40 #197E6B #23B197 #39D8BB #6CE2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#23B197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#23B197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B197

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B197	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 177, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.120 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c9b5',
    500: '#23b197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b197;
$custom-light: #78c9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.014,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68307,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B197

secondary

#C86879

accent

#3E5DEA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B197

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

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