#23859B#23859B

#23859B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.092 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23859B
RGB	rgb(35, 133, 155)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, -19.76, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 27.89, 224.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% -0.0738 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.092 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.9945, 19.4971, 33.9770)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23859B #9B3923

analogous

#239B75 #23859B #23499B

triadic

#23859B #9B2385 #859B23

tetradic

#23859B #75239B #9B3923 #499B23

square

#23859B #75239B #9B3923 #499B23

split-complementary

#23859B #9B2349 #9B7523

monochromatic

#0C2F37 #185A69 #23859B #2EB0CD #5EC4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#23859B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#23859B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23859B

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23859B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23859B	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76819C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66759B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23859b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 133, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.092 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a8b8',
    500: '#23859b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23859b;
$custom-light: #72a8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23859b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57196,
    "c": 0.09203,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23859B

secondary

#BF6D5A

accent

#6042E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #23859B

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

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