#23BCAC#23BCAC

#23BCAC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCAC
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(174, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -41.17, -2.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 41.26, 183.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.1208 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.121 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1191, 39.2990, 45.2306)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCAC #BC2333

analogous

#23BC5F #23BCAC #237FBC

triadic

#23BCAC #AC23BC #BCAC23

tetradic

#23BCAC #5F23BC #BC2333 #7FBC23

square

#23BCAC #5F23BC #BC2333 #7FBC23

split-complementary

#23BCAC #BC237F #BC5F23

monochromatic

#10554E #19887D #23BCAC #41DCCB #74E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#23BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#23BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCAC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCAC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bd1c4',
    500: '#23bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bcac;
$custom-light: #7bd1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.725,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71746,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCAC

secondary

#CC6F78

accent

#3C4FEB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCAC

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

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