#23B9BD#23B9BD

#23B9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.116 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B9BD
RGB	rgb(35, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -34.86, -12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 37.10, 200.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1103 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.116 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2232, 38.7259, 54.1743)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B9BD #BD2723

analogous

#23BD74 #23B9BD #236CBD

triadic

#23B9BD #BD23B9 #B9BD23

tetradic

#23B9BD #7423BD #BD2723 #6CBD23

square

#23B9BD #7423BD #BD2723 #6CBD23

split-complementary

#23B9BD #BD236C #BD7423

monochromatic

#105456 #198689 #23B9BD #41D8DC #75E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#23B9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#23B9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B9BD

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B9BD	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.116 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cced0',
    500: '#23b9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b9bd;
$custom-light: #7cced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.558,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71575,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B9BD

secondary

#CD726F

accent

#413CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B9BD

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

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