#237E96#237E96

#237E96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.089 H 219.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237E96
RGB	rgb(35, 126, 150)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 16%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.86, -17.68, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.86, 27.04, 229.16°)
OKLab	oklab(55.2% -0.0687 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(55.2% 0.089 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.6567, 17.4794, 31.5023)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237E96 #963B23

analogous

#239675 #237E96 #234596

triadic

#237E96 #96237E #7E9623

tetradic

#237E96 #752396 #963B23 #459623

square

#237E96 #752396 #963B23 #459623

split-complementary

#237E96 #962345 #967523

monochromatic

#0C2B33 #175464 #237E96 #2FA8C8 #5BBED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#237E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#237E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237E96

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237E96	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 126, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.089 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a3b5',
    500: '#237e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237e96;
$custom-light: #70a3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.522,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55197,
    "c": 0.08942,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237E96

secondary

#BD6D58

accent

#6543E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #237E96

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

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