#23738D#23738D

#23738D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.085 H 224.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23738D
RGB	rgb(35, 115, 141)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, -14.70, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 25.70, 235.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.98% -0.061 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(51.98% 0.085 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6296, 14.5405, 27.3878)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23738D #8D3D23

analogous

#238D72 #23738D #233E8D

triadic

#23738D #8D2373 #738D23

tetradic

#23738D #72238D #8D3D23 #3E8D23

square

#23738D #72238D #8D3D23 #3E8D23

split-complementary

#23738D #8D233E #8D7223

monochromatic

#0B232B #174B5C #23738D #2F9BBE #55B6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#23738D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#23738D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #23738D

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23738D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##23738D	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64708E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56668D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23738d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 115, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.085 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e9bae',
    500: '#23738d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23738d;
$custom-light: #6e9bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23738d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.717,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51978,
    "c": 0.08489,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23738D

secondary

#B96C53

accent

#6B44E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23738D

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

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