#236A86#236A86

#236A86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.082 H 228.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A86
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 134)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 20.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.82, -12.03, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.82, 24.89, 241.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.34% -0.0543 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(49.34% 0.082 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1485, 12.3855, 24.4054)
Luminance	0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A86 #863F23

analogous

#238670 #236A86 #233886

triadic

#236A86 #86236A #6A8623

tetradic

#236A86 #702386 #863F23 #388623

square

#236A86 #702386 #863F23 #388623

split-complementary

#236A86 #862338 #867023

monochromatic

#0A1D25 #164455 #236A86 #3090B7 #52AED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#236A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#236A86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A86

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A86	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5E86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.082 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c94a9',
    500: '#236a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a86;
$custom-light: #6c94a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.97,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49338,
    "c": 0.08175,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A86

secondary

#B56C4F

accent

#7246E2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A86

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

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