#23BCBA#23BCBA

#23BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCBA
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -37.15, -9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 38.42, 194.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.1145 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.118 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5351, 39.8654, 52.6884)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCBA #BC2325

analogous

#23BC6D #23BCBA #2371BC

triadic

#23BCBA #BA23BC #BCBA23

tetradic

#23BCBA #6D23BC #BC2325 #71BC23

square

#23BCBA #6D23BC #BC2325 #71BC23

split-complementary

#23BCBA #BC2371 #BC6D23

monochromatic

#105554 #198887 #23BCBA #41DCDA #74E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#23BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#23BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCBA

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCBA	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)

#AFB2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1ce',
    500: '#23bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bcba;
$custom-light: #7dd1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.216,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72212,
    "c": 0.1177,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCBA

secondary

#CC6F70

accent

#3C3FEB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCBA

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

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