#23B5BB#23B5BB

#23B5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.114 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B5BB
RGB	rgb(35, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -33.59, -13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 36.21, 201.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.1073 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.114 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1825, 36.9896, 52.7638)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B5BB #BB2923

analogous

#23BB75 #23B5BB #2369BB

triadic

#23B5BB #BB23B5 #B5BB23

tetradic

#23B5BB #7523BB #BB2923 #69BB23

square

#23B5BB #7523BB #BB2923 #69BB23

split-complementary

#23B5BB #BB2369 #BB7523

monochromatic

#105154 #198387 #23B5BB #40D5DB #74E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#23B5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#23B5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B5BB

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B5BB	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.114 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccbcf',
    500: '#23b5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b5bb;
$custom-light: #7ccbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.368,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70512,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B5BB

secondary

#CC726E

accent

#433CEB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B5BB

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

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