#23B8D4#23B8D4

#23B8D4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.121 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B8D4
RGB	rgb(35, 184, 212)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -27.17, -24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 36.66, 222.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0997 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.121 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7121, 39.3880, 68.3112)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B8D4 #D43F23

analogous

#23D498 #23B8D4 #235FD4

triadic

#23B8D4 #D423B8 #B8D423

tetradic

#23B8D4 #9823D4 #D43F23 #5FD423

square

#23B8D4 #9823D4 #D43F23 #5FD423

split-complementary

#23B8D4 #D4235F #D49823

monochromatic

#125D6B #1A8A9F #23B8D4 #52CCE2 #86DBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#23B8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#23B8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B8D4

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B8D4	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 184, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.121 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcde1',
    500: '#23b8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b8d4;
$custom-light: #7fcde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.492,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72222,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B8D4

secondary

#D48C7E

accent

#5639EE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B8D4

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

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