#23A8BD#23A8BD

#23A8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.110 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A8BD
RGB	rgb(35, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -26.63, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 33.63, 217.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0941 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.11 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8771, 32.0337, 53.0589)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A8BD #BD3823

analogous

#23BD85 #23A8BD #235BBD

triadic

#23A8BD #BD23A8 #A8BD23

tetradic

#23A8BD #8523BD #BD3823 #5BBD23

square

#23A8BD #8523BD #BD3823 #5BBD23

split-complementary

#23A8BD #BD235B #BD8523

monochromatic

#104C56 #197A89 #23A8BD #41C7DC #75D6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#23A8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#23A8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A8BD

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A8BD	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.110 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2d1',
    500: '#23a8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a8bd;
$custom-light: #7ac2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67377,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A8BD

secondary

#CD7C6F

accent

#543CEC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A8BD

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

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