#23B198#23B198

#23B198 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.120 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B198
RGB	rgb(35, 177, 152)
HSL	hsl(169, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(169, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 0%, 14.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -41.84, 2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 41.91, 176.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.1194 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.12 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0799, 34.0658, 35.1113)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B198 #B1233C

analogous

#23B151 #23B198 #2383B1

triadic

#23B198 #9823B1 #B19823

tetradic

#23B198 #5123B1 #B1233C #83B123

square

#23B198 #5123B1 #B1233C #83B123

split-complementary

#23B198 #B12383 #B15123

monochromatic

#0F4B40 #197E6C #23B198 #39D8BC #6CE2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#23B198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#23B198 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B198

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B198	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)

#AAA597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98989A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 177, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.120 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c9b6',
    500: '#23b198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b198;
$custom-light: #78c9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.437,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68337,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B198

secondary

#C86879

accent

#3E5CEA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B198

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

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