#237A99#237A99

#237A99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.092 H 226.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237A99
RGB	rgb(35, 122, 153)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(196, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, -14.42, -23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 27.97, 238.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% -0.0635 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.092 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4001, 16.5747, 32.6238)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237A99 #994223

analogous

#23997D #237A99 #233F99

triadic

#237A99 #99237A #7A9923

tetradic

#237A99 #7D2399 #994223 #3F9923

square

#237A99 #7D2399 #994223 #3F9923

split-complementary

#237A99 #99233F #997D23

monochromatic

#0C2B35 #185267 #237A99 #2EA2CB #5DB9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#237A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#237A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237A99

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237A99	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69789B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 122, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.092 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a0b7',
    500: '#237a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237a99;
$custom-light: #71a0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.763,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54324,
    "c": 0.09248,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237A99

secondary

#BE7459

accent

#6D42E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #237A99

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

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