#236B88#236B88

#236B88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.083 H 229.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B88
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 136)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, -11.89, -22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 25.33, 242.00°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% -0.0546 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.083 229)
XYZ	xyz(10.3930, 12.6491, 25.1816)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B88 #884023

analogous

#238872 #236B88 #233888

triadic

#236B88 #88236B #6B8823

tetradic

#236B88 #722388 #884023 #388823

square

#236B88 #722388 #884023 #388823

split-complementary

#236B88 #882338 #887223

monochromatic

#0A1E27 #164557 #236B88 #3091B9 #53AED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#236B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#236B88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B88

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B88	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.083 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d95aa',
    500: '#236b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b88;
$custom-light: #6d95aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.228,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49692,
    "c": 0.08317,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.1265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B88

secondary

#B76E50

accent

#7346E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B88

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

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