#23BCB5#23BCB5

#23BCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.118 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCB5
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -38.61, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 39.29, 190.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.1167 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.118 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0129, 39.6565, 49.9379)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCB5 #BC232A

analogous

#23BC68 #23BCB5 #2376BC

triadic

#23BCB5 #B523BC #BCB523

tetradic

#23BCB5 #6823BC #BC232A #76BC23

square

#23BCB5 #6823BC #BC232A #76BC23

split-complementary

#23BCB5 #BC2376 #BC6823

monochromatic

#105552 #198883 #23BCB5 #41DCD4 #74E5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#23BCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#23BCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCB5

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCB5	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.118 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1cb',
    500: '#23bcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bcb5;
$custom-light: #7cd1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.255,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72041,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCB5

secondary

#CC6F73

accent

#3C44EB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCB5

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

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