#236D7E#236D7E

#236D7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.075 H 216.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D7E
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 126)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 13.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.46, -16.52, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.46, 23.00, 224.08°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% -0.0608 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.075 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9261, 12.7998, 21.6821)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D7E #7E3423

analogous

#237E62 #236D7E #23407E

triadic

#236D7E #7E236D #6D7E23

tetradic

#236D7E #62237E #7E3423 #407E23

square

#236D7E #62237E #7E3423 #407E23

split-complementary

#236D7E #7E2340 #7E6223

monochromatic

#081A1E #16444E #236D7E #3096AE #4EB6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#236D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#236D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D7E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D7E	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)

#616A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55607E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.075 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b97a3',
    500: '#236d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d7e;
$custom-light: #6b97a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.209,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4974,
    "c": 0.07542,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D7E

secondary

#B05F4C

accent

#6448E0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D7E

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

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