#23BCA5#23BCA5

#23BCA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.124 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCA5
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(171, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(171, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -43.09, 0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 43.10, 178.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.1241 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.124 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4644, 39.0372, 41.7828)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCA5 #BC233A

analogous

#23BC58 #23BCA5 #2386BC

triadic

#23BCA5 #A523BC #BCA523

tetradic

#23BCA5 #5823BC #BC233A #86BC23

square

#23BCA5 #5823BC #BC233A #86BC23

split-complementary

#23BCA5 #BC2386 #BC5823

monochromatic

#10554A #198878 #23BCA5 #41DCC4 #74E5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#23BCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#23BCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCA5

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCA5	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B0A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.124 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bd1bf',
    500: '#23bca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bca5;
$custom-light: #7bd1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.98,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71529,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCA5

secondary

#CC6F7D

accent

#3C57EB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F7

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCA5

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

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