#23BDBE#23BDBE

#23BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.118 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BDBE
RGB	rgb(35, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 82%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -36.42, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 38.16, 197.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.1136 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.118 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1807, 40.4666, 55.0308)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BDBE #BE2423

analogous

#23BE72 #23BDBE #2370BE

triadic

#23BDBE #BE23BD #BDBE23

tetradic

#23BDBE #7223BE #BE2423 #70BE23

square

#23BDBE #7223BE #BE2423 #70BE23

split-complementary

#23BDBE #BE2370 #BE7223

monochromatic

#105657 #198A8A #23BDBE #42DBDC #76E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#23BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#23BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BDBE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BDBE	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)

#B0B3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.118 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1d1',
    500: '#23bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bdbe;
$custom-light: #7dd1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.387,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.726,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BDBE

secondary

#CD7070

accent

#3D3CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BDBE

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

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