#23879E#23879E

#23879E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.094 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23879E
RGB	rgb(35, 135, 158)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(191, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, -19.82, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 28.36, 225.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.0746 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.094 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.5260, 20.1520, 35.4126)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23879E #9E3A23

analogous

#239E78 #23879E #23499E

triadic

#23879E #9E2387 #879E23

tetradic

#23879E #78239E #9E3A23 #499E23

square

#23879E #78239E #9E3A23 #499E23

split-complementary

#23879E #9E2349 #9E7823

monochromatic

#0D313A #185C6C #23879E #2EB2D0 #60C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#23879E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#23879E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23879E

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23879E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23879E	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67779E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23879e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 135, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.094 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aaba',
    500: '#23879e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23879e;
$custom-light: #72aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23879e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.22,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57834,
    "c": 0.09368,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23879E

secondary

#C16F5C

accent

#6041E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #23879E

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

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