#23B5BD#23B5BD

#23B5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.114 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B5BD
RGB	rgb(35, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -32.97, -14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 36.03, 203.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.1065 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.114 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3981, 37.0758, 53.8993)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B5BD #BD2B23

analogous

#23BD78 #23B5BD #2368BD

triadic

#23B5BD #BD23B5 #B5BD23

tetradic

#23B5BD #7823BD #BD2B23 #68BD23

square

#23B5BD #7823BD #BD2B23 #68BD23

split-complementary

#23B5BD #BD2368 #BD7823

monochromatic

#105256 #198489 #23B5BD #41D4DC #75E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#23B5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#23B5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B5BD

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B5BD	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.114 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccbd0',
    500: '#23b5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b5bd;
$custom-light: #7ccbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.117,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70586,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B5BD

secondary

#CD746F

accent

#453CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B5BD

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

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