#23BED4#23BED4

#23BED4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.122 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23BED4
RGB	rgb(35, 190, 212)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -30.13, -21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 37.23, 215.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.1053 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.122 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9850, 41.9337, 68.7355)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23BED4 #D43923

analogous

#23D492 #23BED4 #2365D4

triadic

#23BED4 #D423BE #BED423

tetradic

#23BED4 #9223D4 #D43923 #65D423

square

#23BED4 #9223D4 #D43923 #65D423

split-complementary

#23BED4 #D42365 #D49223

monochromatic

#12606B #1A8F9F #23BED4 #52D0E2 #86DFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#23BED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#23BED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23BED4

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23BED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23BED4	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23bed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 190, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.122 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2e1',
    500: '#23bed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23bed4;
$custom-light: #80d2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23bed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.458,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73671,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23BED4

secondary

#D4897E

accent

#5039EE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #23BED4

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

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