#236B81#236B81

#236B81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.077 H 222.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B81
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 129)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.93, -14.36, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.93, 23.51, 232.34°)
OKLab	oklab(49.36% -0.0574 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(49.36% 0.077 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9117, 12.4566, 22.6466)
Luminance	0.1246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B81 #813923

analogous

#238168 #236B81 #233C81

triadic

#236B81 #81236B #6B8123

tetradic

#236B81 #682381 #813923 #3C8123

square

#236B81 #682381 #813923 #3C8123

split-complementary

#236B81 #81233C #816823

monochromatic

#091B21 #164351 #236B81 #3093B1 #4FB1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#236B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#236B81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B81

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B81	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.077 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c95a5',
    500: '#236b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b81;
$custom-light: #6c95a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49356,
    "c": 0.07746,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B81

secondary

#B3654D

accent

#6B47E1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B81

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

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