#23BCD4#23BCD4

#23BCD4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.121 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BCD4
RGB	rgb(35, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -29.15, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 37.00, 218.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.1034 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.121 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5548, 41.0733, 68.5921)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BCD4 #D43B23

analogous

#23D494 #23BCD4 #2363D4

triadic

#23BCD4 #D423BC #BCD423

tetradic

#23BCD4 #9423D4 #D43B23 #63D423

square

#23BCD4 #9423D4 #D43B23 #63D423

split-complementary

#23BCD4 #D42363 #D49423

monochromatic

#125F6B #1A8D9F #23BCD4 #52CFE2 #86DDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#23BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#23BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BCD4

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BCD4	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.121 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0e1',
    500: '#23bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bcd4;
$custom-light: #80d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.136,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73187,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BCD4

secondary

#D48A7E

accent

#5239EE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BCD4

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

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