#236B85#236B85

#236B85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.081 H 226.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B85
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 133)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.10, -12.96, -20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.10, 24.48, 238.03°)
OKLab	oklab(49.55% -0.0558 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(49.55% 0.081 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1827, 12.5650, 24.0744)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B85 #853D23

analogous

#23856E #236B85 #233A85

triadic

#236B85 #85236B #6B8523

tetradic

#236B85 #6E2385 #853D23 #3A8523

square

#236B85 #6E2385 #853D23 #3A8523

split-complementary

#236B85 #85233A #856E23

monochromatic

#091D24 #164455 #236B85 #3092B5 #51AFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#236B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#236B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B85

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B85	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.081 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c95a8',
    500: '#236b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b85;
$custom-light: #6c95a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49546,
    "c": 0.08057,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B85

secondary

#B56A4F

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B85

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

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