#23738B#23738B

#23738B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.083 H 222.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23738B
RGB	rgb(35, 115, 139)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.92, -15.40, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.92, 25.25, 232.43°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% -0.0618 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.083 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4821, 14.4815, 26.6112)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23738B #8B3B23

analogous

#238B6F #23738B #233F8B

triadic

#23738B #8B2373 #738B23

tetradic

#23738B #6F238B #8B3B23 #3F8B23

square

#23738B #6F238B #8B3B23 #3F8B23

split-complementary

#23738B #8B233F #8B6F23

monochromatic

#0A2229 #174B5A #23738B #2F9BBC #54B7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#23738B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#23738B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #23738B

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23738B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##23738B	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65708C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57668B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23738b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 115, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.083 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e9bad',
    500: '#23738b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23738b;
$custom-light: #6e9bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23738b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51884,
    "c": 0.08341,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23738B

secondary

#B86952

accent

#6945E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23738B

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

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