#23BCB0#23BCB0

#23BCB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.120 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCB0
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 176)
HSL	hsl(175, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(175, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -40.04, -4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 40.33, 186.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.119 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.12 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5090, 39.4550, 47.2843)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCB0 #BC232F

analogous

#23BC63 #23BCB0 #237BBC

triadic

#23BCB0 #B023BC #BCB023

tetradic

#23BCB0 #6323BC #BC232F #7BBC23

square

#23BCB0 #6323BC #BC232F #7BBC23

split-complementary

#23BCB0 #BC237B #BC6323

monochromatic

#10554F #198880 #23BCB0 #41DCCF #74E5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#23BCB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#23BCB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCB0

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCB0	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bcb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.120 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1c7',
    500: '#23bcb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bcb0;
$custom-light: #7cd1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bcb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.294,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71875,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCB0

secondary

#CC6F76

accent

#3C4AEB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCB0

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

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