#23BCBE#23BCBE

#23BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCBE
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 82%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -35.96, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 37.86, 198.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.1127 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.117 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9663, 40.0379, 54.9593)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCBE #BE2523

analogous

#23BE73 #23BCBE #236FBE

triadic

#23BCBE #BE23BC #BCBE23

tetradic

#23BCBE #7323BE #BE2523 #6FBE23

square

#23BCBE #7323BE #BE2523 #6FBE23

split-complementary

#23BCBE #BE236F #BE7323

monochromatic

#105657 #19898A #23BCBE #42DADC #76E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#23BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#23BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCBE

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCBE	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd0d1',
    500: '#23bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bcbe;
$custom-light: #7dd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.774,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72353,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCBE

secondary

#CD7170

accent

#3E3CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCBE

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

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