#23BCAD#23BCAD

#23BCAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCAD
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -40.89, -3.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 41.02, 184.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.1203 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.121 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2155, 39.3376, 45.7383)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCAD #BC2332

analogous

#23BC60 #23BCAD #237EBC

triadic

#23BCAD #AD23BC #BCAD23

tetradic

#23BCAD #6023BC #BC2332 #7EBC23

square

#23BCAD #6023BC #BC2332 #7EBC23

split-complementary

#23BCAD #BC237E #BC6023

monochromatic

#10554E #19887E #23BCAD #41DCCC #74E5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#23BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#23BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCAD

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCAD	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bd1c5',
    500: '#23bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bcad;
$custom-light: #7bd1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.118,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71778,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCAD

secondary

#CC6F78

accent

#3C4EEB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCAD

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

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