#23859E#23859E

#23859E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.094 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23859E
RGB	rgb(35, 133, 158)
HSL	hsl(192, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(192, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, -18.74, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 28.33, 228.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% -0.0726 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.094 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2496, 19.5992, 35.3204)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23859E #9E3C23

analogous

#239E79 #23859E #23479E

triadic

#23859E #9E2385 #859E23

tetradic

#23859E #79239E #9E3C23 #479E23

square

#23859E #79239E #9E3C23 #479E23

split-complementary

#23859E #9E2347 #9E7923

monochromatic

#0D313A #185B6C #23859E #2EAFD0 #60C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#23859E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#23859E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23859E

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23859E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23859E	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75819F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65759E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23859e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 133, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.094 219.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23859e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.195,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57329,
    "c": 0.09379,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23859E

secondary

#C1715C

accent

#6341E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #23859E

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

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