#23728E#23728E

#23728E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.086 H 226.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23728E
RGB	rgb(35, 114, 142)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.72, -13.78, -22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.72, 26.05, 238.05°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% -0.0596 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.086 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5909, 14.3436, 27.7436)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23728E #8E3F23

analogous

#238E75 #23728E #233D8E

triadic

#23728E #8E2372 #728E23

tetradic

#23728E #75238E #8E3F23 #3D8E23

square

#23728E #75238E #8E3F23 #3D8E23

split-complementary

#23728E #8E233D #8E7523

monochromatic

#0B232C #174B5D #23728E #2F99BF #56B4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#23728E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#23728E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #23728E

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23728E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##23728E	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63708F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54658E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23728e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 114, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.086 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e9aaf',
    500: '#23728e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23728e;
$custom-light: #6e9aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23728e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.701,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5177,
    "c": 0.08594,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23728E

secondary

#B96E53

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23728E

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

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