#237A8E#237A8E

#237A8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.085 H 216.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237A8E
RGB	rgb(35, 122, 142)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 14.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, -18.23, -18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 25.75, 224.92°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% -0.0679 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.085 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5331, 16.2279, 28.0577)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237A8E #8E3723

analogous

#238E6D #237A8E #23458E

triadic

#237A8E #8E237A #7A8E23

tetradic

#237A8E #6D238E #8E3723 #458E23

square

#237A8E #6D238E #8E3723 #458E23

split-complementary

#237A8E #8E2345 #8E6D23

monochromatic

#0B262C #17505D #237A8E #2FA4BF #56BED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#237A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#237A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237A8E

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237A8E	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D768F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 122, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.085 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa0af',
    500: '#237a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237a8e;
$custom-light: #6fa0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.215,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53817,
    "c": 0.08478,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237A8E

secondary

#B96653

accent

#6244E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237A8E

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

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