#23BCB4#23BCB4

#23BCB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.119 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCB4
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(177, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -38.90, -6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 39.49, 189.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.1171 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.119 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9106, 39.6156, 49.3994)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCB4 #BC232B

analogous

#23BC67 #23BCB4 #2377BC

triadic

#23BCB4 #B423BC #BCB423

tetradic

#23BCB4 #6723BC #BC232B #77BC23

square

#23BCB4 #6723BC #BC232B #77BC23

split-complementary

#23BCB4 #BC2377 #BC6723

monochromatic

#105551 #198883 #23BCB4 #41DCD3 #74E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#23BCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#23BCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCB4

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCB4	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#B1B2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.119 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1ca',
    500: '#23bcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bcb4;
$custom-light: #7cd1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.863,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72007,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCB4

secondary

#CC6F73

accent

#3C46EB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCB4

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

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