#23A8BB#23A8BB

#23A8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.109 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A8BB
RGB	rgb(35, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -27.27, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 33.54, 215.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0949 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.109 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6615, 31.9475, 51.9235)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A8BB #BB3623

analogous

#23BB82 #23A8BB #235CBB

triadic

#23A8BB #BB23A8 #A8BB23

tetradic

#23A8BB #8223BB #BB3623 #5CBB23

square

#23A8BB #8223BB #BB3623 #5CBB23

split-complementary

#23A8BB #BB235C #BB8223

monochromatic

#104B54 #197A87 #23A8BB #40C8DB #74D7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#23A8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#23A8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A8BB

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A8BB	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.109 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2cf',
    500: '#23a8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a8bb;
$custom-light: #7ac2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67296,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A8BB

secondary

#CC7A6E

accent

#523CEB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A8BB

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

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