#23B488#23B488

#23B488 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.134 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B488
RGB	rgb(35, 180, 136)
HSL	hsl(162, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 0%, 24.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -47.16, 12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 48.71, 165.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% -0.1301 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.134 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4558, 34.7747, 28.8692)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B488 #B4234F

analogous

#23B43F #23B488 #2398B4

triadic

#23B488 #8823B4 #B48823

tetradic

#23B488 #3F23B4 #B4234F #98B423

square

#23B488 #3F23B4 #B4234F #98B423

split-complementary

#23B488 #B42398 #B43F23

monochromatic

#0F4E3B #198161 #23B488 #3BD9A9 #6EE3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#23B488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#23B488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B488

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B488	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 180, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.134 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78cbaa',
    500: '#23b488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b488;
$custom-light: #78cbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.793,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68667,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B488

secondary

#C96987

accent

#3D72EA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B488

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

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