#23BCB6#23BCB6

#23BCB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.118 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCB6
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 182)
HSL	hsl(178, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -38.32, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 39.11, 191.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.1162 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.118 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1158, 39.6977, 50.4802)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCB6 #BC2329

analogous

#23BC69 #23BCB6 #2375BC

triadic

#23BCB6 #B623BC #BCB623

tetradic

#23BCB6 #6923BC #BC2329 #75BC23

square

#23BCB6 #6923BC #BC2329 #75BC23

split-complementary

#23BCB6 #BC2375 #BC6923

monochromatic

#105552 #198884 #23BCB6 #41DCD5 #74E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#23BCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#23BCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCB6

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCB6	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bcb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.118 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1cb',
    500: '#23bcb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bcb6;
$custom-light: #7cd1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bcb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.647,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72075,
    "c": 0.11828,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCB6

secondary

#CC6F72

accent

#3C43EB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCB6

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

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