#23B498#23B498

#23B498 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.123 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B498
RGB	rgb(35, 180, 152)
HSL	hsl(168, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(168, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -43.13, 3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 43.30, 174.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.1224 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.123 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6789, 35.2640, 35.3110)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B498 #B4233F

analogous

#23B450 #23B498 #2387B4

triadic

#23B498 #9823B4 #B49823

tetradic

#23B498 #5023B4 #B4233F #87B423

square

#23B498 #5023B4 #B4233F #87B423

split-complementary

#23B498 #B42387 #B45023

monochromatic

#0F4E41 #19816D #23B498 #3BD9BA #6EE3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#23B498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#23B498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B498

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B498	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)

#ADA897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 180, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.123 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78cbb6',
    500: '#23b498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b498;
$custom-light: #78cbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.414,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69105,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B498

secondary

#C9697C

accent

#3D5FEA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B498

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

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