#23A0BC#23A0BC

#23A0BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.109 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A0BC
RGB	rgb(35, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, -22.88, -23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 32.99, 226.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.0869 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.109 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3372, 29.1270, 52.0120)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A0BC #BC3F23

analogous

#23BC8B #23A0BC #2354BC

triadic

#23A0BC #BC23A0 #A0BC23

tetradic

#23A0BC #8B23BC #BC3F23 #54BC23

square

#23A0BC #8B23BC #BC3F23 #54BC23

split-complementary

#23A0BC #BC2354 #BC8B23

monochromatic

#104855 #197488 #23A0BC #41BFDC #74D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#23A0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#23A0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23A0BC

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A0BC	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.109 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bcd0',
    500: '#23a0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a0bc;
$custom-light: #79bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.98,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65367,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A0BC

secondary

#CC806F

accent

#5C3CEB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A0BC

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

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