#23596A#23596A

#23596A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.063 H 221.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23596A
RGB	rgb(35, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.09, -11.97, -15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.09, 19.21, 231.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.56% -0.0467 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(43.56% 0.063 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8660, 8.5420, 14.9198)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23596A #6A3423

analogous

#236A57 #23596A #23356A

triadic

#23596A #6A2359 #596A23

tetradic

#23596A #57236A #6A3423 #356A23

square

#23596A #57236A #6A3423 #356A23

split-complementary

#23596A #6A2335 #6A5723

monochromatic

#081317 #14323C #23596A #328098 #46A4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#23596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#23596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #23596A

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##23596A	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F576B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.063 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678894',
    500: '#23596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23596a;
$custom-light: #678894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.366,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43557,
    "c": 0.06275,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23596A

secondary

#9D5F4B

accent

#6F4EDA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #23596A

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

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