#23508B#23508B

#23508B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.110 H 256.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23508B
RGB	rgb(35, 80, 139)
HSL	hsl(214, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(214, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 42.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.89, 6.05, -37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.89, 37.78, 279.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% -0.026 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.11 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2203, 7.9578, 25.5239)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23508B #8B5E23

analogous

#23848B #23508B #2A238B

triadic

#23508B #8B2350 #508B23

tetradic

#23508B #8B2384 #8B5E23 #238B2A

square

#23508B #8B2384 #8B5E23 #238B2A

split-complementary

#23508B #8B2A23 #848B23

monochromatic

#0A1829 #17345A #23508B #2F6CBC #548CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#23508B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#23508B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #23508B

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23508B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##23508B	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34558D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23508b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 80, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.110 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c80ad',
    500: '#23508b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23508b;
$custom-light: #6c80ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23508b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.038,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43168,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23508B

secondary

#B88C52

accent

#9F45E3

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23508B

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

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