#23B6BD#23B6BD

#23B6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.114 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B6BD
RGB	rgb(35, 182, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -33.45, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 36.29, 202.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.1074 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.114 200)
XYZ	xyz(26.6022, 37.4840, 53.9673)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B6BD #BD2A23

analogous

#23BD77 #23B6BD #2369BD

triadic

#23B6BD #BD23B6 #B6BD23

tetradic

#23B6BD #7723BD #BD2A23 #69BD23

square

#23B6BD #7723BD #BD2A23 #69BD23

split-complementary

#23B6BD #BD2369 #BD7723

monochromatic

#105356 #198489 #23B6BD #41D5DC #75E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#23B6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#23B6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B6BD

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B6BD	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 182, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.114 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cccd0',
    500: '#23b6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b6bd;
$custom-light: #7cccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70833,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.37487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B6BD

secondary

#CD736F

accent

#443CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B6BD

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

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