#23B8BB#23B8BB

#23B8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.115 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B8BB
RGB	rgb(35, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -35.00, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 37.05, 199.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1102 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.115 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7991, 38.2227, 52.9694)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B8BB #BB2623

analogous

#23BB72 #23B8BB #236CBB

triadic

#23B8BB #BB23B8 #B8BB23

tetradic

#23B8BB #7223BB #BB2623 #6CBB23

square

#23B8BB #7223BB #BB2623 #6CBB23

split-complementary

#23B8BB #BB236C #BB7223

monochromatic

#105354 #198587 #23B8BB #40D8DB #74E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#23B8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#23B8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B8BB

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B8BB	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.115 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccecf',
    500: '#23b8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b8bb;
$custom-light: #7ccecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.184,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71255,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B8BB

secondary

#CC706E

accent

#403CEB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B8BB

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

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