#23ADE2#23ADE2

#23ADE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.133 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23ADE2
RGB	rgb(35, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -16.82, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 40.17, 245.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0846 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.133 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3585, 35.7317, 77.2863)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23ADE2 #E25823

analogous

#23E2B7 #23ADE2 #234DE2

triadic

#23ADE2 #E223AD #ADE223

tetradic

#23ADE2 #B723E2 #E25823 #4DE223

square

#23ADE2 #B723E2 #E25823 #4DE223

split-complementary

#23ADE2 #E2234D #E2B723

monochromatic

#105D7A #1786B1 #23ADE2 #59C1E9 #8FD5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#23ADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#23ADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23ADE2

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23ADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23ADE2	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ABE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23ade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.133 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5eb',
    500: '#23ade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23ade2;
$custom-light: #80c5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23ade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.649,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70221,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23ADE2

secondary

#DB9E86

accent

#6935F3

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0C1216

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #23ADE2

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

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