#236C86#236C86

#236C86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.081 H 225.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236C86
RGB	rgb(35, 108, 134)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 19.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.46, -13.18, -20.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.46, 24.63, 237.64°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% -0.0564 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.081 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3570, 12.8025, 24.4749)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236C86 #863D23

analogous

#23866E #236C86 #233A86

triadic

#236C86 #86236C #6C8623

tetradic

#236C86 #6E2386 #863D23 #3A8623

square

#236C86 #6E2386 #863D23 #3A8623

split-complementary

#236C86 #86233A #866E23

monochromatic

#0A1E25 #164555 #236C86 #3093B7 #52B0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#236C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#236C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236C86

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236C86	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 108, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.081 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c96a9',
    500: '#236c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236c86;
$custom-light: #6c96a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.758,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49851,
    "c": 0.08112,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236C86

secondary

#B56A4F

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236C86

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

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