#23859D#23859D

#23859D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.093 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23859D
RGB	rgb(35, 133, 157)
HSL	hsl(192, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(192, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, -19.08, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 28.17, 227.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% -0.073 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.093 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.1639, 19.5649, 34.8689)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23859D #9D3B23

analogous

#239D78 #23859D #23489D

triadic

#23859D #9D2385 #859D23

tetradic

#23859D #78239D #9D3B23 #489D23

square

#23859D #78239D #9D3B23 #489D23

split-complementary

#23859D #9D2348 #9D7823

monochromatic

#0D3039 #185B6B #23859D #2EAFCF #5FC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#23859D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#23859D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23859D

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23859D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23859D	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	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)

#76819E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65759D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23859d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 133, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.093 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a8ba',
    500: '#23859d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23859d;
$custom-light: #72a8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23859d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.803,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57284,
    "c": 0.09318,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23859D

secondary

#C06F5C

accent

#6241E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #23859D

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

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