#23B3E2#23B3E2

#23B3E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.131 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B3E2
RGB	rgb(35, 179, 226)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -19.98, -33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 39.21, 239.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0899 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.131 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5350, 38.0846, 77.6785)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B3E2 #E25223

analogous

#23E2B1 #23B3E2 #2353E2

triadic

#23B3E2 #E223B3 #B3E223

tetradic

#23B3E2 #B123E2 #E25223 #53E223

square

#23B3E2 #B123E2 #E25223 #53E223

split-complementary

#23B3E2 #E22353 #E2B123

monochromatic

#10607A #178BB1 #23B3E2 #59C6E9 #8FD8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#23B3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#23B3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B3E2

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B3E2	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 179, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.131 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9eb',
    500: '#23b3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b3e2;
$custom-light: #81c9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.764,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71637,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B3E2

secondary

#DB9B86

accent

#6335F3

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0C1316

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B3E2

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

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