#237FAE#237FAE

#237FAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.110 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237FAE
RGB	rgb(35, 127, 174)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(200, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 27%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, -9.75, -32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 33.78, 253.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% -0.0607 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.11 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9194, 18.5901, 42.7854)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237FAE #AE5223

analogous

#23AE97 #237FAE #2339AE

triadic

#237FAE #AE237F #7FAE23

tetradic

#237FAE #9723AE #AE5223 #39AE23

square

#237FAE #9723AE #AE5223 #39AE23

split-complementary

#237FAE #AE2339 #AE9723

monochromatic

#0F3548 #195A7B #237FAE #37A1D7 #6AB9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#237FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#237FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #237FAE

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#687FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5672AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 127, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.110 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a4c6',
    500: '#237fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237fae;
$custom-light: #74a4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.288,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56614,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237FAE

secondary

#C78766

accent

#783EE9

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF3F8

border

#C9CDD1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #237FAE

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

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