#23BCB8#23BCB8

#23BCB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.118 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCB8
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -37.74, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 38.75, 193.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1154 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.118 192)
XYZ	xyz(27.3240, 39.7810, 51.5765)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCB8 #BC2327

analogous

#23BC6B #23BCB8 #2373BC

triadic

#23BCB8 #B823BC #BCB823

tetradic

#23BCB8 #6B23BC #BC2327 #73BC23

square

#23BCB8 #6B23BC #BC2327 #73BC23

split-complementary

#23BCB8 #BC2373 #BC6B23

monochromatic

#105553 #198886 #23BCB8 #41DCD8 #74E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#23BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#23BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCB8

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCB8	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.118 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1cd',
    500: '#23bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bcb8;
$custom-light: #7cd1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.431,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72143,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.39784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCB8

secondary

#CC6F71

accent

#3C41EB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCB8

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

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