#23BCA9#23BCA9

#23BCA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCA9
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(173, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -42.00, -1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 42.02, 181.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.1222 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.122 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8342, 39.1851, 43.7303)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCA9 #BC2336

analogous

#23BC5C #23BCA9 #2382BC

triadic

#23BCA9 #A923BC #BCA923

tetradic

#23BCA9 #5C23BC #BC2336 #82BC23

square

#23BCA9 #5C23BC #BC2336 #82BC23

split-complementary

#23BCA9 #BC2382 #BC5C23

monochromatic

#10554C #19887B #23BCA9 #41DCC8 #74E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#23BCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#23BCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCA9

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCA9	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bd1c2',
    500: '#23bca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bca9;
$custom-light: #7bd1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.549,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71652,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCA9

secondary

#CC6F7A

accent

#3C52EB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F7

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCA9

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

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