#23BBBD#23BBBD

#23BBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.117 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BBBD
RGB	rgb(35, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -35.80, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 37.69, 198.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.1122 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.117 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6445, 39.5686, 54.3147)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BBBD #BD2523

analogous

#23BD72 #23BBBD #236EBD

triadic

#23BBBD #BD23BB #BBBD23

tetradic

#23BBBD #7223BD #BD2523 #6EBD23

square

#23BBBD #7223BD #BD2523 #6EBD23

split-complementary

#23BBBD #BD236E #BD7223

monochromatic

#105556 #198889 #23BBBD #41DADC #75E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#23BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#23BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BBBD

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BBBD	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.117 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd0d0',
    500: '#23bbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bbbd;
$custom-light: #7dd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.779,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7207,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BBBD

secondary

#CD706F

accent

#3E3CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BBBD

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

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