#23BCA4#23BCA4

#23BCA4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.125 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCA4
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(171, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(171, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 0%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -43.36, 1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 43.38, 178.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.1245 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.125 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3738, 39.0009, 41.3054)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCA4 #BC233B

analogous

#23BC57 #23BCA4 #2387BC

triadic

#23BCA4 #A423BC #BCA423

tetradic

#23BCA4 #5723BC #BC233B #87BC23

square

#23BCA4 #5723BC #BC233B #87BC23

split-complementary

#23BCA4 #BC2387 #BC5723

monochromatic

#10554A #198877 #23BCA4 #41DCC3 #74E5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#23BCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#23BCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCA4

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCA4	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B0A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.125 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bd1be',
    500: '#23bca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bca4;
$custom-light: #7bd1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.588,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71499,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCA4

secondary

#CC6F7D

accent

#3C58EB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCA4

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

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