#23B6E2#23B6E2

#23B6E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.130 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B6E2
RGB	rgb(35, 182, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -21.54, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 38.88, 236.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0926 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.13 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1428, 39.3002, 77.8811)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B6E2 #E24F23

analogous

#23E2AE #23B6E2 #2356E2

triadic

#23B6E2 #E223B6 #B6E223

tetradic

#23B6E2 #AE23E2 #E24F23 #56E223

square

#23B6E2 #AE23E2 #E24F23 #56E223

split-complementary

#23B6E2 #E22356 #E2AE23

monochromatic

#10627A #178DB1 #23B6E2 #59C8E9 #8FDAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#23B6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#23B6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B6E2

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B6E2	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 182, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.130 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cceb',
    500: '#23b6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b6e2;
$custom-light: #81cceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.822,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72347,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B6E2

secondary

#DB9A86

accent

#6035F3

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0C1316

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B6E2

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

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