#23C5D4#23C5D4

#23C5D4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.123 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23C5D4
RGB	rgb(35, 197, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 7.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -33.49, -18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 38.36, 209.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.1117 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.123 205)
XYZ	xyz(32.5377, 45.0391, 69.2531)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23C5D4 #D43223

analogous

#23D48A #23C5D4 #236CD4

triadic

#23C5D4 #D423C5 #C5D423

tetradic

#23C5D4 #8A23D4 #D43223 #6CD423

square

#23C5D4 #8A23D4 #D43223 #6CD423

split-complementary

#23C5D4 #D4236C #D48A23

monochromatic

#12636B #1A949F #23C5D4 #52D6E2 #86E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#23C5D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#23C5D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23C5D4

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23C5D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23C5D4	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BDD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DACD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23c5d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 197, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.123 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7e1',
    500: '#23c5d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23c5d4;
$custom-light: #81d7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23c5d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.085,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75364,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.45043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23C5D4

secondary

#D4867E

accent

#4939EE

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #23C5D4

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

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