#23B9BC#23B9BC

#23B9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.116 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B9BC
RGB	rgb(35, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -35.16, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 37.22, 199.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1107 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.116 197)
XYZ	xyz(27.1150, 38.6826, 53.6046)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B9BC #BC2623

analogous

#23BC72 #23B9BC #236CBC

triadic

#23B9BC #BC23B9 #B9BC23

tetradic

#23B9BC #7223BC #BC2623 #6CBC23

square

#23B9BC #7223BC #BC2623 #6CBC23

split-complementary

#23B9BC #BC236C #BC7223

monochromatic

#105355 #198688 #23B9BC #41D9DC #74E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#23B9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#23B9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B9BC

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B9BC	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.116 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cced0',
    500: '#23b9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b9bc;
$custom-light: #7cced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.176,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71539,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.38686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B9BC

secondary

#CC706F

accent

#403CEB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0B1414

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B9BC

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

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