#23809B#23809B

#23809B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.092 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23809B
RGB	rgb(35, 128, 155)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, -17.05, -22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 27.91, 232.34°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% -0.0688 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.093 222)
XYZ	xyz(14.3262, 18.1605, 33.7543)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23809B #9B3E23

analogous

#239B7A #23809B #23449B

triadic

#23809B #9B2380 #809B23

tetradic

#23809B #7A239B #9B3E23 #449B23

square

#23809B #7A239B #9B3E23 #449B23

split-complementary

#23809B #9B2344 #9B7A23

monochromatic

#0C2E37 #185769 #23809B #2EA9CD #5EBFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#23809B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#23809B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23809B

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23809B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23809B	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60719B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23809b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 128, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.092 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a5b8',
    500: '#23809b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23809b;
$custom-light: #71a5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23809b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55931,
    "c": 0.0925,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.18162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23809B

secondary

#BF715A

accent

#6742E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #23809B

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

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