#233E59#233E59

#233E59 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.058 H 249.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#233E59
RGB	rgb(35, 62, 89)
HSL	hsl(210, 44%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(210, 61%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 30.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.33, -1.13, -19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.33, 19.31, 266.65°)
OKLab	oklab(35.55% -0.02 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(35.55% 0.058 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.2183, 4.5235, 10.1001)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#233E59 #593E23

analogous

#235959 #233E59 #232359

triadic

#233E59 #59233E #3E5923

tetradic

#233E59 #592359 #593E23 #235923

square

#233E59 #592359 #593E23 #235923

split-complementary

#233E59 #592323 #595923

monochromatic

#090F16 #121F2D #233E59 #345D85 #467BB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#233E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#233E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #233E59

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##233E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##233E59	1.00	11.02	1.90	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#333F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #233e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 62, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.058 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637388',
    500: '#233e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #233e59;
$custom-light: #637388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#233e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35552,
    "c": 0.05772,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#233E59

secondary

#8D6C4B

accent

#9455D3

background

#F6F6F8

surface

#EBECEF

border

#C6C7CA

text

#05080B

muted

#7A7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #233E59

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

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