#23BDAD#23BDAD

#23BDAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.122 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BDAD
RGB	rgb(35, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -41.33, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 41.42, 183.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.1213 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.122 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4298, 39.7663, 45.8097)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BDAD #BD2333

analogous

#23BD60 #23BDAD #2380BD

triadic

#23BDAD #AD23BD #BDAD23

tetradic

#23BDAD #6023BD #BD2333 #80BD23

square

#23BDAD #6023BD #BD2333 #80BD23

split-complementary

#23BDAD #BD2380 #BD6023

monochromatic

#10564E #19897E #23BDAD #41DCCC #75E5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#23BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#23BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BDAD

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BDAD	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.122 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1c5',
    500: '#23bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bdad;
$custom-light: #7cd1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.766,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72029,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BDAD

secondary

#CD6F79

accent

#3C4EEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BDAD

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

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