#23809D#23809D

#23809D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.094 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23809D
RGB	rgb(35, 128, 157)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, -16.36, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 28.34, 234.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% -0.068 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.094 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.4956, 18.2282, 34.6462)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23809D #9D4023

analogous

#239D7D #23809D #23439D

triadic

#23809D #9D2380 #809D23

tetradic

#23809D #7D239D #9D4023 #439D23

square

#23809D #7D239D #9D4023 #439D23

split-complementary

#23809D #9D2343 #9D7D23

monochromatic

#0D2E39 #18576B #23809D #2EA9CF #5FBEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#23809D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#23809D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23809D

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23809D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23809D	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F719D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23809d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 128, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.094 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a5ba',
    500: '#23809d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23809d;
$custom-light: #72a5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23809d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.262,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56024,
    "c": 0.09393,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23809D

secondary

#C0745C

accent

#6941E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #23809D

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

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