#23496B#23496B

#23496B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.072 H 247.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23496B
RGB	rgb(35, 73, 107)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 31.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, -1.68, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 23.80, 265.95°)
OKLab	oklab(39.43% -0.0274 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(39.43% 0.072 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7285, 6.1834, 14.7987)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23496B #6B4523

analogous

#236B69 #23496B #23256B

triadic

#23496B #6B2349 #496B23

tetradic

#23496B #69236B #6B4523 #256B23

square

#23496B #69236B #6B4523 #256B23

split-complementary

#23496B #6B2325 #6B6923

monochromatic

#081017 #142A3D #23496B #326899 #4688C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#23496B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#23496B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #23496B

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23496B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##23496B	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A4A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30436A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23496b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 73, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.072 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#667b95',
    500: '#23496b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23496b;
$custom-light: #667b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23496b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.333,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39429,
    "c": 0.0724,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23496B

secondary

#9E734B

accent

#904EDA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF1

border

#C6C8CB

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #23496B

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

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