#23596C#23596C

#23596C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.064 H 224.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23596C
RGB	rgb(35, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.17, -11.27, -16.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.17, 19.69, 235.09°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% -0.0459 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.064 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9712, 8.5841, 15.4739)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23596C #6C3623

analogous

#236C5A #23596C #23356C

triadic

#23596C #6C2359 #596C23

tetradic

#23596C #5A236C #6C3623 #356C23

square

#23596C #5A236C #6C3623 #356C23

split-complementary

#23596C #6C2335 #6C5A23

monochromatic

#071317 #14333E #23596C #327F9A #46A3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#23596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#23596C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #23596C

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##23596C	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E576D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.064 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678896',
    500: '#23596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23596c;
$custom-light: #678896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.616,
    "s": 51.049,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43652,
    "c": 0.06429,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23596C

secondary

#9F614B

accent

#724DDB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #23596C

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

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