#23BAB5#23BAB5

#23BAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.117 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BAB5
RGB	rgb(35, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(178, 68%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(178, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.2%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -37.70, -8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 38.58, 192.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1148 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.117 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5886, 38.8080, 49.7964)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BAB5 #BA2328

analogous

#23BA69 #23BAB5 #2373BA

triadic

#23BAB5 #B523BA #BAB523

tetradic

#23BAB5 #6923BA #BA2328 #73BA23

square

#23BAB5 #6923BA #BA2328 #73BA23

split-complementary

#23BAB5 #BA2373 #BA6923

monochromatic

#105351 #198683 #23BAB5 #3FDBD6 #73E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#23BAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#23BAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BAB5

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BAB5	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.117 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccfcb',
    500: '#23bab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bab5;
$custom-light: #7ccfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.013,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71542,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BAB5

secondary

#CC6D70

accent

#3D42EB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BAB5

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

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