#23BCC1#23BCC1

#23BCC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCC1
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 193)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -35.06, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 37.51, 200.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1114 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.117 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2976, 40.1704, 56.7040)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCC1 #C12823

analogous

#23C177 #23BCC1 #236DC1

triadic

#23BCC1 #C123BC #BCC123

tetradic

#23BCC1 #7723C1 #C12823 #6DC123

square

#23BCC1 #7723C1 #C12823 #6DC123

split-complementary

#23BCC1 #C1236D #C17723

monochromatic

#105759 #1A8A8D #23BCC1 #44D8DD #78E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#23BCC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#23BCC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCC1

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCC1	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bcc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd0d3',
    500: '#23bcc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bcc1;
$custom-light: #7dd0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bcc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.899,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72461,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCC1

secondary

#CE7572

accent

#413CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCC1

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

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