#23BDBA#23BDBA

#23BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BDBA
RGB	rgb(35, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -37.61, -9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 38.76, 193.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1154 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.118 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7495, 40.2941, 52.7599)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BDBA #BD2326

analogous

#23BD6D #23BDBA #2373BD

triadic

#23BDBA #BA23BD #BDBA23

tetradic

#23BDBA #6D23BD #BD2326 #73BD23

square

#23BDBA #6D23BD #BD2326 #73BD23

split-complementary

#23BDBA #BD2373 #BD6D23

monochromatic

#105654 #198987 #23BDBA #41DCD9 #75E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#23BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#23BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BDBA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BDBA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 192.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.831,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7246,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BDBA

secondary

#CD6F71

accent

#3C40EC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BDBA

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

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