#23A8BC#23A8BC

#23A8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.110 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A8BC
RGB	rgb(35, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -26.95, -20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 33.58, 216.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0945 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.11 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7689, 31.9904, 52.4892)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A8BC #BC3723

analogous

#23BC83 #23A8BC #235BBC

triadic

#23A8BC #BC23A8 #A8BC23

tetradic

#23A8BC #8323BC #BC3723 #5BBC23

square

#23A8BC #8323BC #BC3723 #5BBC23

split-complementary

#23A8BC #BC235B #BC8323

monochromatic

#104C55 #197A88 #23A8BC #41C7DC #74D6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#23A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#23A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A8BC

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A8BC	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.110 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2d0',
    500: '#23a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a8bc;
$custom-light: #7ac2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.843,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67337,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A8BC

secondary

#CC7B6F

accent

#533CEB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A8BC

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

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