#23599E#23599E

#23599E is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.126 H 256.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23599E
RGB	rgb(35, 89, 158)
HSL	hsl(214, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(214, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 43.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.79, 7.57, -42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.79, 43.24, 280.09°)
OKLab	oklab(46.57% -0.0301 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(46.57% 0.126 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4348, 9.9695, 33.7155)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23599E #9E6823

analogous

#23969E #23599E #2B239E

triadic

#23599E #9E2359 #599E23

tetradic

#23599E #9E2396 #9E6823 #239E2B

square

#23599E #9E2396 #9E6823 #239E2B

split-complementary

#23599E #9E2B23 #969E23

monochromatic

#0D213A #183D6C #23599E #2E75D0 #6096DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#23599E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#23599E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #23599E

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23599E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##23599E	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#375FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20549D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23599e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 89, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.126 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7087bb',
    500: '#23599e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23599e;
$custom-light: #7087bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23599e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.659,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46568,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23599E

secondary

#C1955C

accent

#9E41E7

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #23599E

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

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