#23597F#23597F

#23597F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.084 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23597F
RGB	rgb(35, 89, 127)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 29.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.05, -4.36, -26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.05, 26.88, 260.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.64% -0.0386 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(44.64% 0.084 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0948, 9.0335, 21.3916)
Luminance	0.0903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23597F #7F4923

analogous

#237F77 #23597F #232B7F

triadic

#23597F #7F2359 #597F23

tetradic

#23597F #77237F #7F4923 #2B7F23

square

#23597F #77237F #7F4923 #2B7F23

split-complementary

#23597F #7F232B #7F7723

monochromatic

#09161F #16374F #23597F #307BAF #4E99CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#23597F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#23597F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #23597F

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23597F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##23597F	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#485A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B517E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006266

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23597f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 89, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.084 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a87a4',
    500: '#23597f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23597f;
$custom-light: #6a87a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23597f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44639,
    "c": 0.08431,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23597F

secondary

#B1764C

accent

#8748E0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23597F

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

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