#23B8BE#23B8BE

#23B8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B8BE
RGB	rgb(35, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 82%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -34.09, -13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 36.72, 201.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.1089 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.115 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1236, 38.3526, 54.6784)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B8BE #BE2923

analogous

#23BE77 #23B8BE #236ABE

triadic

#23B8BE #BE23B8 #B8BE23

tetradic

#23B8BE #7723BE #BE2923 #6ABE23

square

#23B8BE #7723BE #BE2923 #6ABE23

split-complementary

#23B8BE #BE236A #BE7723

monochromatic

#105457 #19868A #23B8BE #42D6DC #76E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#23B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#23B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B8BE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B8BE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cced1',
    500: '#23b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b8be;
$custom-light: #7cced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.323,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71364,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B8BE

secondary

#CD7370

accent

#433CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B8BE

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

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