#23B5E2#23B5E2

#23B5E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.130 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B5E2
RGB	rgb(35, 181, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -21.02, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 38.98, 237.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0917 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.13 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9387, 38.8921, 77.8130)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B5E2 #E25023

analogous

#23E2AF #23B5E2 #2355E2

triadic

#23B5E2 #E223B5 #B5E223

tetradic

#23B5E2 #AF23E2 #E25023 #55E223

square

#23B5E2 #AF23E2 #E25023 #55E223

split-complementary

#23B5E2 #E22355 #E2AF23

monochromatic

#10617A #178CB1 #23B5E2 #59C7E9 #8FD9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#23B5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#23B5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B5E2

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B5E2	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 181, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.130 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbeb',
    500: '#23b5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b5e2;
$custom-light: #81cbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.136,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7211,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B5E2

secondary

#DB9A86

accent

#6135F3

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0C1316

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B5E2

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

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