#23BAB6#23BAB6

#23BAB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.117 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BAB6
RGB	rgb(35, 186, 182)
HSL	hsl(178, 68%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(178, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.2%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -37.41, -8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 38.41, 193.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1143 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.117 192)
XYZ	xyz(26.6915, 38.8491, 50.3388)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BAB6 #BA2327

analogous

#23BA6B #23BAB6 #2372BA

triadic

#23BAB6 #B623BA #BAB623

tetradic

#23BAB6 #6B23BA #BA2327 #72BA23

square

#23BAB6 #6B23BA #BA2327 #72BA23

split-complementary

#23BAB6 #BA2372 #BA6B23

monochromatic

#105351 #198684 #23BAB6 #3FDBD7 #73E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#23BAB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#23BAB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BAB6

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BAB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BAB6	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB0B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 186, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.117 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccfcb',
    500: '#23bab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bab6;
$custom-light: #7ccfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.411,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71576,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.38853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BAB6

secondary

#CC6D70

accent

#3D41EB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BAB6

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

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