#236B7E#236B7E

#236B7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.075 H 218.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B7E
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 126)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.81, -15.40, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.81, 22.93, 227.81°)
OKLab	oklab(49.22% -0.0586 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(49.22% 0.075 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.7152, 12.3780, 21.6118)
Luminance	0.1238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B7E #7E3623

analogous

#237E64 #236B7E #233E7E

triadic

#236B7E #7E236B #6B7E23

tetradic

#236B7E #64237E #7E3623 #3E7E23

square

#236B7E #64237E #7E3623 #3E7E23

split-complementary

#236B7E #7E233E #7E6423

monochromatic

#081A1E #16424E #236B7E #3094AE #4EB3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#236B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#236B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B7E

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B7E	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)

#5F687F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.075 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b95a3',
    500: '#236b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b7e;
$custom-light: #6b95a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.527,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49218,
    "c": 0.0754,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B7E

secondary

#B0614C

accent

#6848E0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F3

border

#C7CBCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B7E

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

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