#23BDB4#23BDB4

#23BDB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.119 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BDB4
RGB	rgb(35, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(176, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -39.35, -6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 39.86, 189.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.1181 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.119 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1250, 40.0444, 49.4709)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BDB4 #BD232C

analogous

#23BD67 #23BDB4 #2379BD

triadic

#23BDB4 #B423BD #BDB423

tetradic

#23BDB4 #6723BD #BD232C #79BD23

square

#23BDB4 #6723BD #BD232C #79BD23

split-complementary

#23BDB4 #BD2379 #BD6723

monochromatic

#105652 #198983 #23BDB4 #41DCD3 #75E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#23BDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#23BDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BDB4

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BDB4	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)

#B2B2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.119 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1ca',
    500: '#23bdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bdb4;
$custom-light: #7cd1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.494,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72257,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BDB4

secondary

#CD6F75

accent

#3C46EC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BDB4

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

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