#236B86#236B86

#236B86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.081 H 227.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B86
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 134)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.14, -12.61, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.14, 24.75, 239.38°)
OKLab	oklab(49.59% -0.0554 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(49.59% 0.081 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2522, 12.5928, 24.4400)
Luminance	0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B86 #863E23

analogous

#23866F #236B86 #233986

triadic

#236B86 #86236B #6B8623

tetradic

#236B86 #6F2386 #863E23 #398623

square

#236B86 #6F2386 #863E23 #398623

split-complementary

#236B86 #862339 #866F23

monochromatic

#0A1E25 #164455 #236B86 #3092B7 #52AFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#236B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#236B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B86

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B86	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5F86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.081 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c95a9',
    500: '#236b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b86;
$custom-light: #6c95a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49594,
    "c": 0.08141,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B86

secondary

#B56B4F

accent

#7046E2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B86

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

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