#23B497#23B497

#23B497 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.123 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B497
RGB	rgb(35, 180, 151)
HSL	hsl(168, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(168, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 0%, 16.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -43.39, 4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 43.61, 174.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.1229 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.123 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5974, 35.2314, 34.8815)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B497 #B42340

analogous

#23B44F #23B497 #2389B4

triadic

#23B497 #9723B4 #B49723

tetradic

#23B497 #4F23B4 #B42340 #89B423

square

#23B497 #4F23B4 #B42340 #89B423

split-complementary

#23B497 #B42389 #B44F23

monochromatic

#0F4E41 #19816C #23B497 #3BD9B9 #6EE3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#23B497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#23B497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B497

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B497	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 180, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.123 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78cbb5',
    500: '#23b497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b497;
$custom-light: #78cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69076,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B497

secondary

#C9697D

accent

#3D60EA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B497

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

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