#23b6c5

Color #23b6c5

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 12.56 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#23b6c5

RGB

rgb(35, 182, 197)

HSL

hsl(185.6, 69.8%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.6, 82.2%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(82.2%, 7.6%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(67.9, -30.97, -18.08)

LCH

lch(67.9, 35.86, 210.28)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.1155, 205.81)

HWB

hwb(185.6, 13.7%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c53223

Analogous

#23c583

#23b6c5

#2365c5

Triadic

#23b6c5

#c523b6

#b6c523

Split-complementary

#23b6c5

#c52365

#c58323

Tetradic

#23b6c5

#3223c5

#c53223

#b6c523

Square

#23b6c5

#8323c5

#c53223

#65c523

Shades

Color #23b6c5 mixed toward black.

#1d98a4

#177983

#125b63

#0c3d42

#061e21

Tints

Color #23b6c5 mixed toward white.

#3acddc

#62d7e3

#89e1ea

#b0ebf1

#d8f5f8

Tones

Color #23b6c5 mixed toward gray.

#31abb8

#3ea0aa

#4c959d

#598a8f

#677f82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f80c2 · ΔE 30.4

Deuteranopia

#776dc1 · ΔE 34.9

Tritanopia

#38bfbe · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #23b6c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#23b6c5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#23b6c5 (#23b6c5) is rgb(35, 182, 197) in RGB.

No, #23b6c5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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