#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
RGB	rgb(35, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 82%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -34.56, -13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 37.00, 200.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.1098 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.116 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3321, 38.7695, 54.7479)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##23B9BE	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)

#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

Preview with #23B9BE

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

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