#236B87#236B87

#236B87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.082 H 228.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B87
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 135)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.19, -12.25, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.19, 25.04, 240.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.64% -0.055 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(49.64% 0.082 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3222, 12.6208, 24.8090)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B87 #873F23

analogous

#238771 #236B87 #233987

triadic

#236B87 #87236B #6B8723

tetradic

#236B87 #712387 #873F23 #398723

square

#236B87 #712387 #873F23 #398723

split-complementary

#236B87 #872339 #877123

monochromatic

#0A1E26 #164456 #236B87 #3092B8 #52AED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#236B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#236B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B87

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B87	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5F87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.082 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c95aa',
    500: '#236b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b87;
$custom-light: #6c95aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49643,
    "c": 0.08228,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B87

secondary

#B66C50

accent

#7246E2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B87

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

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