#236D7F#236D7F

#236D7F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.076 H 217.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D7F
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 127)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, -16.18, -16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 23.14, 225.63°)
OKLab	oklab(49.78% -0.0604 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(49.78% 0.076 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9909, 12.8258, 22.0236)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D7F #7F3523

analogous

#237F63 #236D7F #233F7F

triadic

#236D7F #7F236D #6D7F23

tetradic

#236D7F #63237F #7F3523 #3F7F23

square

#236D7F #63237F #7F3523 #3F7F23

split-complementary

#236D7F #7F233F #7F6323

monochromatic

#091B1F #16444F #236D7F #3096AF #4EB5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#236D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#236D7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D7F

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D7F	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54607F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.076 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b97a4',
    500: '#236d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d7f;
$custom-light: #6b97a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.739,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49784,
    "c": 0.076,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D7F

secondary

#B1604C

accent

#6648E0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D7F

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

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