#236B8F#236B8F

#236B8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.090 H 234.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B8F
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 143)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(200, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 25.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, -9.37, -26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 27.71, 250.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.05% -0.0519 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(50.05% 0.09 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9068, 12.8546, 27.8876)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B8F #8F4723

analogous

#238F7D #236B8F #23358F

triadic

#236B8F #8F236B #6B8F23

tetradic

#236B8F #7D238F #8F4723 #358F23

square

#236B8F #7D238F #8F4723 #358F23

split-complementary

#236B8F #8F2335 #8F7D23

monochromatic

#0B212D #17465E #236B8F #2F90C0 #57ABD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#236B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#236B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B8F

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B8F	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B608E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.090 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e95b0',
    500: '#236b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b8f;
$custom-light: #6e95b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50046,
    "c": 0.08995,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B8F

secondary

#BA7654

accent

#7944E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B8F

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

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