#23B9D4#23B9D4

#23B9D4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.121 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B9D4
RGB	rgb(35, 185, 212)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -27.67, -24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 36.73, 221.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1007 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.121 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9206, 39.8049, 68.3807)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B9D4 #D43E23

analogous

#23D497 #23B9D4 #2360D4

triadic

#23B9D4 #D423B9 #B9D423

tetradic

#23B9D4 #9723D4 #D43E23 #60D423

square

#23B9D4 #9723D4 #D43E23 #60D423

split-complementary

#23B9D4 #D42360 #D49723

monochromatic

#125D6B #1A8B9F #23B9D4 #52CCE2 #86DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#23B9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#23B9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B9D4

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B9D4	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 185, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.121 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcee1',
    500: '#23b9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b9d4;
$custom-light: #7fcee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.153,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72463,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B9D4

secondary

#D48C7E

accent

#5539EE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B9D4

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

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