#23596B#23596B

#23596B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.064 H 223.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23596B
RGB	rgb(35, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(195, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.13, -11.62, -15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.13, 19.44, 233.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.6% -0.0463 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(43.6% 0.064 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9183, 8.5629, 15.1953)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23596B #6B3523

analogous

#236B59 #23596B #23356B

triadic

#23596B #6B2359 #596B23

tetradic

#23596B #59236B #6B3523 #356B23

square

#23596B #59236B #6B3523 #356B23

split-complementary

#23596B #6B2335 #6B5923

monochromatic

#081317 #14333D #23596B #327F99 #46A3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#23596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#23596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #23596B

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##23596B	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F576C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.064 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678895',
    500: '#23596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23596b;
$custom-light: #678895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43604,
    "c": 0.06351,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23596B

secondary

#9E604B

accent

#714EDA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #23596B

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

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