#237A8C#237A8C

#237A8C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.084 H 214.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237A8C
RGB	rgb(35, 122, 140)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(190, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 12.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, -18.91, -17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 25.51, 222.15°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% -0.0688 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.084 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3843, 16.1684, 27.2740)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237A8C #8C3523

analogous

#238C6A #237A8C #23468C

triadic

#237A8C #8C237A #7A8C23

tetradic

#237A8C #6A238C #8C3523 #468C23

square

#237A8C #6A238C #8C3523 #468C23

split-complementary

#237A8C #8C2346 #8C6A23

monochromatic

#0B252A #174F5B #237A8C #2FA5BD #55BFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#237A8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#237A8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237A8C

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237A8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237A8C	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D768D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 122, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.084 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa0ad',
    500: '#237a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237a8c;
$custom-light: #6fa0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53729,
    "c": 0.0837,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237A8C

secondary

#B86452

accent

#6045E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237A8C

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

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