#23BCB3#23BCB3

#23BCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.119 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCB3
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(176, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -39.19, -6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 39.69, 189.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.1176 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.119 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8091, 39.5750, 48.8649)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCB3 #BC232C

analogous

#23BC66 #23BCB3 #2378BC

triadic

#23BCB3 #B323BC #BCB323

tetradic

#23BCB3 #6623BC #BC232C #78BC23

square

#23BCB3 #6623BC #BC232C #78BC23

split-complementary

#23BCB3 #BC2378 #BC6623

monochromatic

#105551 #198882 #23BCB3 #41DCD2 #74E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#23BCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#23BCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCB3

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCB3	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.119 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1c9',
    500: '#23bcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bcb3;
$custom-light: #7cd1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71974,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCB3

secondary

#CC6F74

accent

#3C47EB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCB3

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

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