#23BAD4#23BAD4

#23BAD4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.121 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BAD4
RGB	rgb(35, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -28.17, -23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 36.81, 220.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.1016 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.121 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1305, 40.2247, 68.4507)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BAD4 #D43D23

analogous

#23D496 #23BAD4 #2361D4

triadic

#23BAD4 #D423BA #BAD423

tetradic

#23BAD4 #9623D4 #D43D23 #61D423

square

#23BAD4 #9623D4 #D43D23 #61D423

split-complementary

#23BAD4 #D42361 #D49623

monochromatic

#125E6B #1A8C9F #23BAD4 #52CDE2 #86DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#23BAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#23BAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BAD4

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BAD4	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A3D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.121 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfe1',
    500: '#23bad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bad4;
$custom-light: #7fcfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.814,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72704,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BAD4

secondary

#D48B7E

accent

#5439EE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BAD4

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

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