#23BDB5#23BDB5

#23BDB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.119 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BDB5
RGB	rgb(35, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -39.06, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 39.66, 189.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.1177 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.119 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2272, 40.0852, 50.0093)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BDB5 #BD232B

analogous

#23BD68 #23BDB5 #2378BD

triadic

#23BDB5 #B523BD #BDB523

tetradic

#23BDB5 #6823BD #BD232B #78BD23

square

#23BDB5 #6823BD #BD232B #78BD23

split-complementary

#23BDB5 #BD2378 #BD6823

monochromatic

#105652 #198984 #23BDB5 #41DCD4 #75E5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#23BDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#23BDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BDB5

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BDB5	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.119 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1cb',
    500: '#23bdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bdb5;
$custom-light: #7cd1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.883,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7229,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BDB5

secondary

#CD6F74

accent

#3C45EC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BDB5

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

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