#23B495#23B495

#23B495 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.125 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B495
RGB	rgb(35, 180, 149)
HSL	hsl(167, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(167, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 0%, 17.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -43.91, 5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 44.25, 172.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.1238 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.125 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4363, 35.1670, 34.0333)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B495 #B42342

analogous

#23B44C #23B495 #238BB4

triadic

#23B495 #9523B4 #B49523

tetradic

#23B495 #4C23B4 #B42342 #8BB423

square

#23B495 #4C23B4 #B42342 #8BB423

split-complementary

#23B495 #B4238B #B44C23

monochromatic

#0F4E40 #19816B #23B495 #3BD9B7 #6EE3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#23B495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#23B495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B495

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B495	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 180, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.125 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78cbb4',
    500: '#23b495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b495;
$custom-light: #78cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.172,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69019,
    "c": 0.12459,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B495

secondary

#C9697E

accent

#3D62EA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B495

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

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