#23B4E2#23B4E2

#23B4E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.130 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B4E2
RGB	rgb(35, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -20.50, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 39.09, 238.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0908 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.13 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7361, 38.4869, 77.7455)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B4E2 #E25123

analogous

#23E2B0 #23B4E2 #2354E2

triadic

#23B4E2 #E223B4 #B4E223

tetradic

#23B4E2 #B023E2 #E25123 #54E223

square

#23B4E2 #B023E2 #E25123 #54E223

split-complementary

#23B4E2 #E22354 #E2B023

monochromatic

#10617A #178CB1 #23B4E2 #59C6E9 #8FD9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#23B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#23B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B4E2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B4E2	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.130 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81caeb',
    500: '#23b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b4e2;
$custom-light: #81caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.45,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71873,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B4E2

secondary

#DB9B86

accent

#6235F3

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0C1316

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B4E2

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

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