#23AEE2#23AEE2

#23AEE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.133 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23AEE2
RGB	rgb(35, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -17.35, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 39.99, 244.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0855 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.133 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5510, 36.1166, 77.3505)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23AEE2 #E25723

analogous

#23E2B6 #23AEE2 #234EE2

triadic

#23AEE2 #E223AE #AEE223

tetradic

#23AEE2 #B623E2 #E25723 #4EE223

square

#23AEE2 #B623E2 #E25723 #4EE223

split-complementary

#23AEE2 #E2234E #E2B623

monochromatic

#105E7A #1787B1 #23AEE2 #59C2E9 #8FD6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#23AEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#23AEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23AEE2

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23AEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23AEE2	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23aee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.133 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6eb',
    500: '#23aee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23aee2;
$custom-light: #80c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23aee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.335,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70456,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23AEE2

secondary

#DB9D86

accent

#6835F3

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0C1316

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #23AEE2

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

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