#23B499#23B499

#23B499 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.122 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B499
RGB	rgb(35, 180, 153)
HSL	hsl(169, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(169, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 0%, 15%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -42.86, 3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 43.00, 175.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.1219 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.122 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7612, 35.2969, 35.7442)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B499 #B4233E

analogous

#23B451 #23B499 #2386B4

triadic

#23B499 #9923B4 #B49923

tetradic

#23B499 #5123B4 #B4233E #86B423

square

#23B499 #5123B4 #B4233E #86B423

split-complementary

#23B499 #B42386 #B45123

monochromatic

#0F4E42 #19816D #23B499 #3BD9BC #6EE3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#23B499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#23B499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B499

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B499	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 180, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.122 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78cbb7',
    500: '#23b499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b499;
$custom-light: #78cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.828,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69135,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B499

secondary

#C9697B

accent

#3D5EEA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B499

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

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