#23BDB3#23BDB3

#23BDB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.120 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BDB3
RGB	rgb(35, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(176, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -39.64, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 40.06, 188.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1186 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.12 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0235, 40.0038, 48.9363)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BDB3 #BD232D

analogous

#23BD66 #23BDB3 #237ABD

triadic

#23BDB3 #B323BD #BDB323

tetradic

#23BDB3 #6623BD #BD232D #7ABD23

square

#23BDB3 #6623BD #BD232D #7ABD23

split-complementary

#23BDB3 #BD237A #BD6623

monochromatic

#105651 #198982 #23BDB3 #41DCD2 #75E5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#23BDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#23BDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BDB3

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BDB3	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)

#B2B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.120 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1c9',
    500: '#23bdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bdb3;
$custom-light: #7cd1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.104,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72224,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BDB3

secondary

#CD6F75

accent

#3C48EC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BDB3

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

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