#23B6D4#23B6D4

#23B6D4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B6D4
RGB	rgb(35, 182, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -26.18, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 36.56, 224.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0979 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.121 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2996, 38.5629, 68.1737)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B6D4 #D44123

analogous

#23D499 #23B6D4 #235ED4

triadic

#23B6D4 #D423B6 #B6D423

tetradic

#23B6D4 #9923D4 #D44123 #5ED423

square

#23B6D4 #9923D4 #D44123 #5ED423

split-complementary

#23B6D4 #D4235E #D49923

monochromatic

#125C6B #1A899F #23B6D4 #52CAE2 #86DAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#23B6D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#23B6D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B6D4

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B6D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B6D4	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b6d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 182, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcce1',
    500: '#23b6d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b6d4;
$custom-light: #7fcce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b6d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.169,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7174,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B6D4

secondary

#D48D7E

accent

#5839EE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B6D4

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

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