#23BDBD#23BDBD

#23BDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.118 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BDBD
RGB	rgb(35, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -36.72, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 38.30, 196.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.1141 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.118 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0717, 40.4231, 54.4572)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BDBD #BD2323

analogous

#23BD70 #23BDBD #2370BD

triadic

#23BDBD #BD23BD #BDBD23

tetradic

#23BDBD #7023BD #BD2323 #70BD23

square

#23BDBD #7023BD #BD2323 #70BD23

split-complementary

#23BDBD #BD2370 #BD7023

monochromatic

#105656 #198989 #23BDBD #41DCDC #75E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#23BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#23BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BDBD

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BDBD	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.118 194.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72565,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BDBD

secondary

#CD6F6F

accent

#3C3CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BDBD

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

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