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#23A8DC

#23a8dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#23a8dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.73% red, 65.88% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.09% cyan, 23.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 196.86°, with 72.55% saturation and 50% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.25.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3353

Complementary

  1. #23a8dc
  2. #dc5723

Split complementary

  1. #23a8dc
  2. #dc234c
  3. #dcb323

Analogous

  1. #23dcb3
  2. #23a8dc
  3. #234cdc

Triadic

  1. #23a8dc
  2. #dc23a8
  3. #a8dc23

Tetradic

  1. #23a8dc
  2. #5723dc
  3. #dc5723
  4. #a8dc23

Square

  1. #23a8dc
  2. #b323dc
  3. #dc5723
  4. #4cdc23

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4358
  2. #18769a
  3. #23a8dc
  4. #65c2e7
  5. #a7dcf1

Shades

#23a8dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #23a8dc
  2. #2097c6
  3. #1c86b0
  4. #19769a
  5. #156584
  6. #12546e
  7. #0e4358
  8. #0b3242
  9. #07222c
  10. #041116
  11. #000000

Tints

#23a8dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #23a8dc
  2. #39b1e0
  3. #4fb9e3
  4. #65c2e7
  5. #7bcbea
  6. #91d4ee
  7. #a7dcf1
  8. #bde5f5
  9. #d3eef8
  10. #e9f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#23a8dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #23a8dc
  2. #2ca4d3
  3. #36a0ca
  4. #3f9cc0
  5. #4898b7
  6. #5294ae
  7. #5b90a5
  8. #648c9c
  9. #6d8892
  10. #778489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea1b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da6de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7695db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72a7dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f9ddc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-23a8dc {
  color: #23a8dc;
}
Background
.bg-23a8dc {
  background-color: #23a8dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-23a8dc {
  border: 2px solid #23a8dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #23a8dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 35 168 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 73% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-23a8dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #23a8dc, #234cdc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-23a8dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(35 168 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.25 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.64 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.57 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.64 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.65 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.40 #dc5723 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#23a8dc  rgb(35, 168, 220)  hsl(197, 73%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#dc5723  rgb(220, 87, 35)  hsl(17, 73%, 50%)  Flame
#dc23a8  rgb(220, 35, 168)  hsl(317, 73%, 50%)  Shocking Pink
#a8dc23  rgb(168, 220, 35)  hsl(77, 73%, 50%)  Yellow Green