#23B6BC#23B6BC

#23B6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.114 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B6BC
RGB	rgb(35, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -33.75, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 36.38, 201.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.1079 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.114 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4940, 37.4407, 53.3976)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B6BC #BC2923

analogous

#23BC75 #23B6BC #2369BC

triadic

#23B6BC #BC23B6 #B6BC23

tetradic

#23B6BC #7523BC #BC2923 #69BC23

square

#23B6BC #7523BC #BC2923 #69BC23

split-complementary

#23B6BC #BC2369 #BC7523

monochromatic

#105255 #198488 #23B6BC #41D5DC #74E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#23B6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#23B6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B6BC

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B6BC	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.114 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cccd0',
    500: '#23b6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b6bc;
$custom-light: #7cccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70796,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B6BC

secondary

#CC726F

accent

#433CEB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B6BC

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

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