#237E97#237E97

#237E97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.090 H 220.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237E97
RGB	rgb(35, 126, 151)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 16.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, -17.34, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 27.22, 230.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% -0.0683 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.09 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.7376, 17.5118, 31.9282)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237E97 #973C23

analogous

#239776 #237E97 #234497

triadic

#237E97 #97237E #7E9723

tetradic

#237E97 #762397 #973C23 #449723

square

#237E97 #762397 #973C23 #449723

split-complementary

#237E97 #972344 #977623

monochromatic

#0C2B34 #175565 #237E97 #2FA7C9 #5BBED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#237E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#237E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237E97

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237E97	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7B98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 126, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.090 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a3b5',
    500: '#237e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237e97;
$custom-light: #71a3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.931,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55242,
    "c": 0.09008,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237E97

secondary

#BE6E58

accent

#6642E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #237E97

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

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