#237B96#237B96

#237B96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.090 H 223.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237B96
RGB	rgb(35, 123, 150)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 18%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, -16.03, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 27.15, 233.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% -0.0657 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.09 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.2788, 16.7237, 31.3764)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237B96 #963E23

analogous

#239678 #237B96 #234296

triadic

#237B96 #96237B #7B9623

tetradic

#237B96 #782396 #963E23 #429623

square

#237B96 #782396 #963E23 #429623

split-complementary

#237B96 #962342 #967823

monochromatic

#0C2A33 #175264 #237B96 #2FA4C8 #5BBBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#237B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#237B96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237B96

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237B96	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 123, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.090 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a1b5',
    500: '#237b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237b96;
$custom-light: #70a1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.087,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54435,
    "c": 0.08988,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237B96

secondary

#BD6F58

accent

#6943E5

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #237B96

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

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