#237B97#237B97

#237B97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.091 H 223.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237B97
RGB	rgb(35, 123, 151)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, -15.68, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 27.37, 235.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% -0.0653 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.091 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.3597, 16.7560, 31.8023)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237B97 #973F23

analogous

#239779 #237B97 #234197

triadic

#237B97 #97237B #7B9723

tetradic

#237B97 #792397 #973F23 #419723

square

#237B97 #792397 #973F23 #419723

split-complementary

#237B97 #972341 #977923

monochromatic

#0C2A34 #175365 #237B97 #2FA3C9 #5BBBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#237B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#237B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237B97

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237B97	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)

#6B7898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 123, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.091 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a1b5',
    500: '#237b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237b97;
$custom-light: #70a1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54482,
    "c": 0.09062,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237B97

secondary

#BE7158

accent

#6A42E5

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #237B97

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

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