#23B9BE#23B9BE

#23B9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.116 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#23B9BE
RGBrgb(35, 185, 190)
HSLhsl(182, 69%, 44%)
HSVhsv(182, 82%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(81.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.58, -34.56, -13.20)
CIE-LCHlch(68.58, 37.00, 200.91°)
OKLaboklab(71.61% -0.1098 -0.0367)
OKLCHoklch(71.61% 0.116 198.5)
XYZxyz(27.3321, 38.7695, 54.7479)
Luminance0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#23B9BE #BE2823
analogous
#23BE75 #23B9BE #236CBE
triadic
#23B9BE #BE23B9 #B9BE23
tetradic
#23B9BE #7523BE #BE2823 #6CBE23
square
#23B9BE #7523BE #BE2823 #6CBE23
split-complementary
#23B9BE #BE236C #BE7523
monochromatic
#105457 #19878A #23B9BE #42D7DC #76E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#23B9BE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75
#23B9BE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B9BE
8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##23B9BE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##23B9BE1.002.408.758.75
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7521.001.001.00
##0000008.7521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABB0BF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#96A1BF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #23b9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.116 198.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dced1',
    500: '#23b9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #23b9be;
$custom-light: #7dced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#23b9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.935,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71611,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#23B9BE
secondary
#CD7370
accent
#423CEC
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#23B9BE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva