#236A85#236A85

#236A85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.081 H 227.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A85
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 133)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.78, -12.38, -21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.78, 24.60, 239.78°)
OKLab	oklab(49.29% -0.0547 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(49.29% 0.081 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0791, 12.3577, 24.0398)
Luminance	0.1236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A85 #853E23

analogous

#23856F #236A85 #233985

triadic

#236A85 #85236A #6A8523

tetradic

#236A85 #6F2385 #853E23 #398523

square

#236A85 #6F2385 #853E23 #398523

split-complementary

#236A85 #852339 #856F23

monochromatic

#091D24 #164355 #236A85 #3091B5 #51AED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#236A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#236A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A85

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A85	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.081 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c94a8',
    500: '#236a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a85;
$custom-light: #6c94a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.531,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49289,
    "c": 0.08088,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A85

secondary

#B56B4F

accent

#7146E2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A85

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

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