#23B196#23B196

#23B196 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.121 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B196
RGB	rgb(35, 177, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(169, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 0%, 15.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -42.37, 3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 42.52, 175.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.1204 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.121 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9174, 34.0009, 34.2559)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B196 #B1233E

analogous

#23B14F #23B196 #2385B1

triadic

#23B196 #9623B1 #B19623

tetradic

#23B196 #4F23B1 #B1233E #85B123

square

#23B196 #4F23B1 #B1233E #85B123

split-complementary

#23B196 #B12385 #B14F23

monochromatic

#0F4B3F #197E6B #23B196 #39D8BA #6CE2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#23B196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#23B196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B196

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B196	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 177, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.121 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c9b4',
    500: '#23b196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b196;
$custom-light: #78c9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.592,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68278,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B196

secondary

#C8687A

accent

#3E5FEA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B196

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

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