#23809C#23809C

#23809C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.093 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23809C
RGB	rgb(35, 128, 156)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.73, -16.71, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.73, 28.12, 233.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% -0.0684 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.093 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4106, 18.1942, 34.1984)
Luminance	0.1820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23809C #9C3F23

analogous

#239C7B #23809C #23449C

triadic

#23809C #9C2380 #809C23

tetradic

#23809C #7B239C #9C3F23 #449C23

square

#23809C #7B239C #9C3F23 #449C23

split-complementary

#23809C #9C2344 #9C7B23

monochromatic

#0D2E38 #18576A #23809C #2EA9CE #5EBEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#23809C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#23809C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23809C

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23809C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23809C	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707D9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60719C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23809c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 128, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.093 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a5b9',
    500: '#23809c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23809c;
$custom-light: #72a5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23809c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.884,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55977,
    "c": 0.0932,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23809C

secondary

#C0725B

accent

#6841E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #23809C

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

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