#23BDC1#23BDC1

#23BDC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.118 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BDC1
RGB	rgb(35, 189, 193)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -35.53, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 37.79, 199.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.1123 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.118 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5119, 40.5991, 56.7754)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BDC1 #C12723

analogous

#23C176 #23BDC1 #236EC1

triadic

#23BDC1 #C123BD #BDC123

tetradic

#23BDC1 #7623C1 #C12723 #6EC123

square

#23BDC1 #7623C1 #C12723 #6EC123

split-complementary

#23BDC1 #C1236E #C17623

monochromatic

#105859 #1A8A8D #23BDC1 #44D9DD #78E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#23BDC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#23BDC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BDC1

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BDC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BDC1	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bdc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 189, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.118 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1d3',
    500: '#23bdc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bdc1;
$custom-light: #7dd1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bdc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.519,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72707,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BDC1

secondary

#CE7472

accent

#403CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BDC1

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

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