#23BCB9#23BCB9

#23BCB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCB9
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -37.44, -9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 38.58, 193.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.1149 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.118 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4292, 39.8231, 52.1305)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCB9 #BC2326

analogous

#23BC6C #23BCB9 #2372BC

triadic

#23BCB9 #B923BC #BCB923

tetradic

#23BCB9 #6C23BC #BC2326 #72BC23

square

#23BCB9 #6C23BC #BC2326 #72BC23

split-complementary

#23BCB9 #BC2372 #BC6C23

monochromatic

#105553 #198886 #23BCB9 #41DCD9 #74E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#23BCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#23BCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCB9

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCB9	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1ce',
    500: '#23bcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bcb9;
$custom-light: #7cd1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.824,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72177,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCB9

secondary

#CC6F70

accent

#3C40EB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCB9

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

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