#237E98#237E98

#237E98 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.091 H 221.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237E98
RGB	rgb(35, 126, 152)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 17.1%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, -16.99, -21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 27.41, 231.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.29% -0.0679 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(55.29% 0.091 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8191, 17.5444, 32.3578)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237E98 #983D23

analogous

#239878 #237E98 #234498

triadic

#237E98 #98237E #7E9823

tetradic

#237E98 #782398 #983D23 #449823

square

#237E98 #782398 #983D23 #449823

split-complementary

#237E98 #982344 #987823

monochromatic

#0C2C35 #185566 #237E98 #2EA7CA #5CBED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#237E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#237E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237E98

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237E98	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 126, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.091 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a3b6',
    500: '#237e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237e98;
$custom-light: #71a3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55288,
    "c": 0.09075,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237E98

secondary

#BE6F59

accent

#6642E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #237E98

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

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