#23BAB4#23BAB4

#23BAB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.117 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BAB4
RGB	rgb(35, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(178, 68%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(178, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -37.99, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 38.77, 191.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.1152 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.117 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4863, 38.7671, 49.2580)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BAB4 #BA2329

analogous

#23BA68 #23BAB4 #2374BA

triadic

#23BAB4 #B423BA #BAB423

tetradic

#23BAB4 #6823BA #BA2329 #74BA23

square

#23BAB4 #6823BA #BA2329 #74BA23

split-complementary

#23BAB4 #BA2374 #BA6823

monochromatic

#105350 #198682 #23BAB4 #3FDBD5 #73E5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#23BAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#23BAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BAB4

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BAB4	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)

#AEB0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.117 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccfca',
    500: '#23bab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bab4;
$custom-light: #7ccfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.616,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71508,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BAB4

secondary

#CC6D71

accent

#3D44EB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BAB4

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

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