#237D96#237D96

#237D96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.090 H 220.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237D96
RGB	rgb(35, 125, 150)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, -17.13, -20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 27.06, 230.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.94% -0.0677 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(54.94% 0.09 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5295, 17.2249, 31.4599)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237D96 #963C23

analogous

#239676 #237D96 #234496

triadic

#237D96 #96237D #7D9623

tetradic

#237D96 #762396 #963C23 #449623

square

#237D96 #762396 #963C23 #449623

split-complementary

#237D96 #962344 #967623

monochromatic

#0C2A33 #175464 #237D96 #2FA6C8 #5BBDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#237D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#237D96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237D96

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237D96	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 125, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.090 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a2b5',
    500: '#237d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237d96;
$custom-light: #70a2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54943,
    "c": 0.08953,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237D96

secondary

#BD6E58

accent

#6643E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #237D96

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

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