#236A7E#236A7E

#236A7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.075 H 220.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A7E
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 126)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.49, -14.84, -17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.49, 22.94, 229.68°)
OKLab	oklab(48.96% -0.0575 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(48.96% 0.075 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6115, 12.1707, 21.5772)
Luminance	0.1217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A7E #7E3723

analogous

#237E65 #236A7E #233D7E

triadic

#236A7E #7E236A #6A7E23

tetradic

#236A7E #65237E #7E3723 #3D7E23

square

#236A7E #65237E #7E3723 #3D7E23

split-complementary

#236A7E #7E233D #7E6523

monochromatic

#08191E #16424E #236A7E #3092AE #4EB2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#236A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#236A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A7E

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A7E	1.00	6.11	3.43	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E677F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.075 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b94a3',
    500: '#236a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a7e;
$custom-light: #6b94a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.187,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48957,
    "c": 0.07547,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A7E

secondary

#B0624C

accent

#6948E0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F3

border

#C7CBCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A7E

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

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