#236A81#236A81

#236A81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.078 H 223.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A81
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 129)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.61, -13.80, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.61, 23.57, 234.18°)
OKLab	oklab(49.1% -0.0563 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(49.1% 0.078 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8080, 12.2493, 22.6121)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A81 #813A23

analogous

#238169 #236A81 #233B81

triadic

#236A81 #81236A #6A8123

tetradic

#236A81 #692381 #813A23 #3B8123

square

#236A81 #692381 #813A23 #3B8123

split-complementary

#236A81 #81233B #816923

monochromatic

#091B21 #164251 #236A81 #3092B1 #4FB0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#236A81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#236A81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A81

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A81	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505E81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.078 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b94a5',
    500: '#236a81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a81;
$custom-light: #6b94a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.681,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49097,
    "c": 0.07762,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A81

secondary

#B3664D

accent

#6D47E1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A81

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

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