#23BDB9#23BDB9

#23BDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.118 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BDB9
RGB	rgb(35, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -37.90, -8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 38.92, 193.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.1159 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.118 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6435, 40.2518, 52.2020)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BDB9 #BD2327

analogous

#23BD6C #23BDB9 #2374BD

triadic

#23BDB9 #B923BD #BDB923

tetradic

#23BDB9 #6C23BD #BD2327 #74BD23

square

#23BDB9 #6C23BD #BD2327 #74BD23

split-complementary

#23BDB9 #BD2374 #BD6C23

monochromatic

#105654 #198986 #23BDB9 #41DCD8 #75E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#23BDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#23BDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BDB9

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BDB9	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.118 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1ce',
    500: '#23bdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bdb9;
$custom-light: #7dd1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.442,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72426,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BDB9

secondary

#CD6F72

accent

#3C41EC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BDB9

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

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