#236D7D#236D7D

#236D7D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.075 H 215.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D7D
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 125)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 12.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.42, -16.86, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.42, 22.87, 222.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.7% -0.0613 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(49.7% 0.075 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8619, 12.7742, 21.3440)
Luminance	0.1278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D7D #7D3323

analogous

#237D60 #236D7D #23407D

triadic

#236D7D #7D236D #6D7D23

tetradic

#236D7D #60237D #7D3323 #407D23

square

#236D7D #60237D #7D3323 #407D23

split-complementary

#236D7D #7D2340 #7D6023

monochromatic

#081A1D #16434D #236D7D #3097AD #4DB6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#236D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#236D7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D7D

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D7D	1.00	5.91	3.56	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62697E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55607D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.075 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b97a2',
    500: '#236d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d7d;
$custom-light: #6b97a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49695,
    "c": 0.07488,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D7D

secondary

#AF5E4C

accent

#6348E0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D7D

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

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