#23516B#23516B

#23516B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.066 H 236.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23516B
RGB	rgb(35, 81, 107)
HSL	hsl(202, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 24.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.49, -6.77, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.49, 20.79, 251.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.5% -0.0369 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(41.5% 0.066 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2884, 7.3031, 14.9853)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23516B #6B3D23

analogous

#236B61 #23516B #232D6B

triadic

#23516B #6B2351 #516B23

tetradic

#23516B #61236B #6B3D23 #2D6B23

square

#23516B #61236B #6B3D23 #2D6B23

split-complementary

#23516B #6B232D #6B6123

monochromatic

#081117 #142E3D #23516B #327499 #4695C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#23516B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#23516B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #23516B

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23516B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##23516B	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45506C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B496B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23516b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 81, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.066 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668195',
    500: '#23516b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23516b;
$custom-light: #668195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23516b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.667,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41498,
    "c": 0.06633,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23516B

secondary

#9E694B

accent

#804EDA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF1

border

#C6C9CB

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #23516B

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

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