#23C4D4#23C4D4

#23C4D4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.123 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23C4D4
RGB	rgb(35, 196, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -33.02, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 38.17, 210.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.1108 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.123 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3114, 44.5865, 69.1777)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23C4D4 #D43323

analogous

#23D48B #23C4D4 #236BD4

triadic

#23C4D4 #D423C4 #C4D423

tetradic

#23C4D4 #8B23D4 #D43323 #6BD423

square

#23C4D4 #8B23D4 #D43323 #6BD423

split-complementary

#23C4D4 #D4236B #D48B23

monochromatic

#12636B #1A939F #23C4D4 #52D5E2 #86E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#23C4D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#23C4D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23C4D4

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23C4D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23C4D4	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BCD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CABD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23c4d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 196, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.123 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6e1',
    500: '#23c4d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23c4d4;
$custom-light: #81d6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23c4d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.424,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75122,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23C4D4

secondary

#D4867E

accent

#4A39EE

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #23C4D4

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

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