#23BDBC#23BDBC

#23BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BDBC
RGB	rgb(35, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -37.02, -10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 38.44, 195.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.1145 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.118 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9636, 40.3798, 53.8875)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BDBC #BD2324

analogous

#23BD6F #23BDBC #2371BD

triadic

#23BDBC #BC23BD #BDBC23

tetradic

#23BDBC #6F23BD #BD2324 #71BD23

square

#23BDBC #6F23BD #BD2324 #71BD23

split-complementary

#23BDBC #BD2371 #BD6F23

monochromatic

#105655 #198989 #23BDBC #41DCDB #75E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#23BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#23BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BDBC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BDBC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1d0',
    500: '#23bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bdbc;
$custom-light: #7dd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.61,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7253,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BDBC

secondary

#CD6F70

accent

#3C3DEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BDBC

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

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