#23BCBD#23BCBD

#23BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.117 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCBD
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -36.26, -11.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 37.99, 197.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.1131 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.117 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8574, 39.9943, 54.3857)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCBD #BD2423

analogous

#23BD71 #23BCBD #236FBD

triadic

#23BCBD #BD23BC #BCBD23

tetradic

#23BCBD #7123BD #BD2423 #6FBD23

square

#23BCBD #7123BD #BD2423 #6FBD23

split-complementary

#23BCBD #BD236F #BD7123

monochromatic

#105556 #198989 #23BCBD #41DBDC #75E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#23BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#23BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCBD

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCBD	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.117 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1d0',
    500: '#23bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bcbd;
$custom-light: #7dd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.39,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72317,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCBD

secondary

#CD706F

accent

#3D3CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCBD

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

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