#23879C#23879C

#23879C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.093 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23879C
RGB	rgb(35, 135, 156)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 13.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, -20.49, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 28.11, 223.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.0754 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.093 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.3553, 20.0837, 34.5133)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23879C #9C3823

analogous

#239C74 #23879C #234B9C

triadic

#23879C #9C2387 #879C23

tetradic

#23879C #74239C #9C3823 #4B9C23

square

#23879C #74239C #9C3823 #4B9C23

split-complementary

#23879C #9C234B #9C7423

monochromatic

#0D3038 #185C6A #23879C #2EB2CE #5EC5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#23879C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#23879C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23879C

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23879C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23879C	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78839D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68779C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23879c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 135, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.093 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aab9',
    500: '#23879c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23879c;
$custom-light: #72aab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23879c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.413,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57746,
    "c": 0.09258,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23879C

secondary

#C06D5B

accent

#5E41E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #23879C

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

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