#23BDB8#23BDB8

#23BDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.119 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BDB8
RGB	rgb(35, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -38.19, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 39.10, 192.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.1163 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.119 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5383, 40.2097, 51.6479)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BDB8 #BD2328

analogous

#23BD6B #23BDB8 #2375BD

triadic

#23BDB8 #B823BD #BDB823

tetradic

#23BDB8 #6B23BD #BD2328 #75BD23

square

#23BDB8 #6B23BD #BD2328 #75BD23

split-complementary

#23BDB8 #BD2375 #BD6B23

monochromatic

#105653 #198986 #23BDB8 #41DCD7 #75E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#23BDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#23BDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BDB8

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BDB8	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.119 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1cd',
    500: '#23bdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bdb8;
$custom-light: #7dd1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.052,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72392,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BDB8

secondary

#CD6F72

accent

#3C42EC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BDB8

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

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