#23596E#23596E

#23596E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.066 H 226.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23596E
RGB	rgb(35, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.26, -10.56, -17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.26, 20.23, 238.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% -0.045 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.066 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0789, 8.6271, 16.0410)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23596E #6E3823

analogous

#236E5D #23596E #23336E

triadic

#23596E #6E2359 #596E23

tetradic

#23596E #5D236E #6E3823 #336E23

square

#23596E #5D236E #6E3823 #336E23

split-complementary

#23596E #6E2333 #6E5D23

monochromatic

#071317 #143340 #23596E #327F9C #47A1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#23596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#23596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #23596E

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##23596E	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E576F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43506E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.066 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678897',
    500: '#23596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23596e;
$custom-light: #678897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43748,
    "c": 0.06599,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23596E

secondary

#A1644C

accent

#754DDB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #23596E

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

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