#23BBD4#23BBD4

#23BBD4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.121 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BBD4
RGB	rgb(35, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -28.66, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 36.90, 219.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.1025 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.121 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3419, 40.6475, 68.5212)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BBD4 #D43C23

analogous

#23D495 #23BBD4 #2362D4

triadic

#23BBD4 #D423BB #BBD423

tetradic

#23BBD4 #9523D4 #D43C23 #62D423

square

#23BBD4 #9523D4 #D43C23 #62D423

split-complementary

#23BBD4 #D42362 #D49523

monochromatic

#125E6B #1A8D9F #23BBD4 #52CEE2 #86DDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#23BBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#23BBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BBD4

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BBD4	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A4D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.121 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfe1',
    500: '#23bbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bbd4;
$custom-light: #80cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.475,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72946,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BBD4

secondary

#D48B7E

accent

#5339EE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BBD4

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

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