#23859C#23859C

#23859C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.093 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23859C
RGB	rgb(35, 133, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(191, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, -19.42, -20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 28.03, 226.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% -0.0734 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.093 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.0789, 19.5309, 34.4212)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23859C #9C3A23

analogous

#239C77 #23859C #23489C

triadic

#23859C #9C2385 #859C23

tetradic

#23859C #77239C #9C3A23 #489C23

square

#23859C #77239C #9C3A23 #489C23

split-complementary

#23859C #9C2348 #9C7723

monochromatic

#0D3038 #185A6A #23859C #2EB0CE #5EC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#23859C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#23859C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23859C

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23859C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23859C	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76819D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66759C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23859c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 133, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.093 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a8b9',
    500: '#23859c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23859c;
$custom-light: #72a8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23859c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.405,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5724,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23859C

secondary

#C06E5B

accent

#6141E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #23859C

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

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