#23A6BD#23A6BD

#23A6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.110 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A6BD
RGB	rgb(35, 166, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -25.62, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 33.43, 219.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0922 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.11 213)
XYZ	xyz(23.5107, 31.3009, 52.9368)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A6BD #BD3A23

analogous

#23BD87 #23A6BD #2359BD

triadic

#23A6BD #BD23A6 #A6BD23

tetradic

#23A6BD #8723BD #BD3A23 #59BD23

square

#23A6BD #8723BD #BD3A23 #59BD23

split-complementary

#23A6BD #BD2359 #BD8723

monochromatic

#104B56 #197989 #23A6BD #41C5DC #75D5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#23A6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#23A6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A6BD

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A6BD	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 166, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.110 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac0d1',
    500: '#23a6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a6bd;
$custom-light: #7ac0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.961,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66885,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.31304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A6BD

secondary

#CD7D6F

accent

#563CEC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A6BD

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

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