#23B8BD#23B8BD

#23B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.115 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B8BD
RGB	rgb(35, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -34.39, -13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 36.82, 200.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.1093 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.115 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0147, 38.3090, 54.1048)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B8BD #BD2823

analogous

#23BD75 #23B8BD #236BBD

triadic

#23B8BD #BD23B8 #B8BD23

tetradic

#23B8BD #7523BD #BD2823 #6BBD23

square

#23B8BD #7523BD #BD2823 #6BBD23

split-complementary

#23B8BD #BD236B #BD7523

monochromatic

#105356 #198689 #23B8BD #41D7DC #75E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#23B8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#23B8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B8BD

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B8BD	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.115 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cced0',
    500: '#23b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b8bd;
$custom-light: #7cced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.948,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71328,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B8BD

secondary

#CD726F

accent

#423CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B8BD

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

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