#23B4BD#23B4BD

#23B4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.113 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B4BD
RGB	rgb(35, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(184, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -32.50, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 35.79, 204.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.1055 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.113 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1955, 36.6706, 53.8318)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B4BD #BD2C23

analogous

#23BD79 #23B4BD #2367BD

triadic

#23B4BD #BD23B4 #B4BD23

tetradic

#23B4BD #7923BD #BD2C23 #67BD23

square

#23B4BD #7923BD #BD2C23 #67BD23

split-complementary

#23B4BD #BD2367 #BD7923

monochromatic

#105256 #198389 #23B4BD #41D3DC #75DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#23B4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#23B4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B4BD

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B4BD	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.113 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccbd0',
    500: '#23b4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b4bd;
$custom-light: #7ccbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.506,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70339,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B4BD

secondary

#CD756F

accent

#463CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B4BD

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

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