#236B89#236B89

#236B89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.084 H 229.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B89
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 137)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 21.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, -11.54, -22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 25.64, 243.26°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% -0.0542 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.084 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4644, 12.6777, 25.5576)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B89 #894123

analogous

#238974 #236B89 #233889

triadic

#236B89 #89236B #6B8923

tetradic

#236B89 #742389 #894123 #388923

square

#236B89 #742389 #894123 #388923

split-complementary

#236B89 #892338 #897423

monochromatic

#0A1F28 #174558 #236B89 #2F91BA #53AED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#236B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#236B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B89

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B89	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C698A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.084 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d95ab',
    500: '#236b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b89;
$custom-light: #6d95ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49742,
    "c": 0.08408,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B89

secondary

#B76F51

accent

#7445E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B89

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

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