#236A87#236A87

#236A87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.083 H 229.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A87
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 135)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.87, -11.67, -22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.87, 25.20, 242.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.39% -0.0539 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(49.39% 0.083 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2186, 12.4135, 24.7745)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A87 #874023

analogous

#238772 #236A87 #233887

triadic

#236A87 #87236A #6A8723

tetradic

#236A87 #722387 #874023 #388723

square

#236A87 #722387 #874023 #388723

split-complementary

#236A87 #872338 #877223

monochromatic

#0A1E26 #164456 #236A87 #3090B8 #52ADD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#236A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#236A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A87

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A87	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.083 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c94aa',
    500: '#236a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a87;
$custom-light: #6c94aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.4,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49387,
    "c": 0.08265,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A87

secondary

#B66D50

accent

#7346E2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A87

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

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