#23B5BC#23B5BC

#23B5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.114 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B5BC
RGB	rgb(35, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -33.28, -14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 36.12, 202.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.1069 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.114 200)
XYZ	xyz(26.2900, 37.0326, 53.3296)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B5BC #BC2A23

analogous

#23BC76 #23B5BC #2368BC

triadic

#23B5BC #BC23B5 #B5BC23

tetradic

#23B5BC #7623BC #BC2A23 #68BC23

square

#23B5BC #7623BC #BC2A23 #68BC23

split-complementary

#23B5BC #BC2368 #BC7623

monochromatic

#105255 #198388 #23B5BC #41D4DC #74E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#23B5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#23B5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B5BC

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B5BC	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.114 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccbd0',
    500: '#23b5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b5bc;
$custom-light: #7ccbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.745,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70549,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.37036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B5BC

secondary

#CC736F

accent

#443CEB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B5BC

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

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