#23BCB1#23BCB1

#23BCB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.119 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCB1
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 177)
HSL	hsl(176, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(176, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -39.76, -5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 40.11, 187.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.1185 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.119 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6083, 39.4947, 47.8073)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCB1 #BC232E

analogous

#23BC64 #23BCB1 #237ABC

triadic

#23BCB1 #B123BC #BCB123

tetradic

#23BCB1 #6423BC #BC232E #7ABC23

square

#23BCB1 #6423BC #BC232E #7ABC23

split-complementary

#23BCB1 #BC237A #BC6423

monochromatic

#105550 #198880 #23BCB1 #41DCD0 #74E5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#23BCB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#23BCB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCB1

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCB1	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bcb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.119 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1c8',
    500: '#23bcb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bcb1;
$custom-light: #7cd1c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bcb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.686,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71908,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCB1

secondary

#CC6F75

accent

#3C49EB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCB1

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

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