#23B8E2#23B8E2

#23B8E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.129 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23B8E2
RGB	rgb(35, 184, 226)
HSL	hsl(193, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -22.57, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 38.71, 234.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0944 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.129 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5553, 40.1252, 78.0186)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23B8E2 #E24D23

analogous

#23E2AD #23B8E2 #2358E2

triadic

#23B8E2 #E223B8 #B8E223

tetradic

#23B8E2 #AD23E2 #E24D23 #58E223

square

#23B8E2 #AD23E2 #E24D23 #58E223

split-complementary

#23B8E2 #E22358 #E2AD23

monochromatic

#10637A #178FB1 #23B8E2 #59C9E9 #8FDBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#23B8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#23B8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23B8E2

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23B8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23B8E2	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23b8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 184, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.129 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdeb',
    500: '#23b8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23b8e2;
$custom-light: #81cdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23b8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.194,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72821,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23B8E2

secondary

#DB9986

accent

#5E35F3

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #23B8E2

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

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