#23BDD4#23BDD4

#23BDD4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.122 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BDD4
RGB	rgb(35, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -29.64, -22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 37.11, 216.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.1043 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.122 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7692, 41.5020, 68.6636)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BDD4 #D43A23

analogous

#23D493 #23BDD4 #2364D4

triadic

#23BDD4 #D423BD #BDD423

tetradic

#23BDD4 #9323D4 #D43A23 #64D423

square

#23BDD4 #9323D4 #D43A23 #64D423

split-complementary

#23BDD4 #D42364 #D49323

monochromatic

#125F6B #1A8E9F #23BDD4 #52D0E2 #86DEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#23BDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#23BDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BDD4

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BDD4	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.122 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1e1',
    500: '#23bdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bdd4;
$custom-light: #80d1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.797,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73429,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BDD4

secondary

#D48A7E

accent

#5139EE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BDD4

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

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