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#23BFBF — Teal

#23BFBF is a teal color we call Teal, closest to the named color LightSeaGreen (#20B2AA). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightseagreen (#20B2AA) — not an exact match. CSS lightseagreen gives you #20B2AA, a different color; use #23BFBF when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#23BFBF is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BE2323; it also sits naturally between #23BE70 and #2370BE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#23BFBF · RGB 35, 191, 191

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Color values

HEX#23BFBF
RGB35, 191, 191
HSL180°, 69%, 44%
HSV180°, 82%, 75%
CMYK82%, 0%, 0%, 25%
XYZ28.73, 41.38, 55.76
Yxy41.38, 0.2282, 0.3288
CIE-Lab70.44, -37.04, -10.98
Hunter Lab64.33, -29.89, -10.25

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 14% · Green 75% · Blue 75%

Cyan 82% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #23BFBF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #23BFBF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #23BFBF

.text { color: #23BFBF; }
.background { background-color: #23BFBF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #23BFBF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(35, 191, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(180, 69%, 44%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #23BFBF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(35, 191, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #23BFBF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(35, 191, 191, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#23BFBF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#23BFBF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #23BFBF

#20ACAC#1C9B9B#198A8A#167979#136767#105656#0D4545#093434#062222#031111

Tints of #23BFBF

#27D3D3#39DBDB#53DFDF#68E3E3#7EE7E7#93EBEB#A9EFEF#C3F4F4#D8F8F8#EEFCFC

Tones of #23BFBF

#2EB2B2#39A7A7#449C9C#4F9292#5A8787#657B7B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BE2323:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.26:1 Fails
Against black text9.28:1 AAA

Best text color on #23BFBF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #23BFBF

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #23BFBF: ·

How #23BFBF looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #6768BFDeuteranopia · #5E52BFTritanopia · #2BBFBF

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind teal 500 · #14B8A6Tailwind cyan 500 · #06B6D4Material Cyan 500 · #00BCD4

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #23BFBF rather than the exact color:

Gentle Ruby Drift
#2DE756 · #6EE7B7 · #23BEBE · #54B1EB
Palette 22213d
#22213D · #4E3188 · #24BABC · #EAEF9B
Frozen Ruby Harbor
#25BEC6 · #173E79 · #271580 · #A73BD1
Tranquil Saffron
#083156 · #1DC0C4 · #7490D4 · #96CAF3
Rustic Whisper
#73E8E8 · #46DDDD · #27B9B9 · #135353
Crystal Monsoon
#28C7C1 · #186BE0 · #3A14C7 · #841A99

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#23BEBE#24BABC#25BEC6#1DC0C4#27B9B9#28C7C1#1EBBC8#20C3CA#1FCAC2#1ABAB8#24B9B4#22B9CA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #23BFBE  ·  #23BFC0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #23BFBF?

#23BFBF is Teal, a teal color (RGB 35, 191, 191). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #23BFBF?

#23BFBF is RGB 35, 191, 191 — HSL 180°, 69%, 44% — CMYK 82%, 0%, 0%, 25%.

What colors go with #23BFBF?

Its complement is #BE2323; analogous partners are #23BE70 and #2370BE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #23BFBF for text?

Black text on #23BFBF has a contrast ratio of 9.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.26:1.