#236D86#236D86

#236D86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.081 H 224.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D86
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 134)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, -13.75, -20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 24.53, 235.90°)
OKLab	oklab(50.11% -0.0575 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(50.11% 0.081 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4631, 13.0146, 24.5103)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D86 #863C23

analogous

#23866E #236D86 #233B86

triadic

#236D86 #86236D #6D8623

tetradic

#236D86 #6E2386 #863C23 #3B8623

square

#236D86 #6E2386 #863C23 #3B8623

split-complementary

#236D86 #86233B #866E23

monochromatic

#0A1E25 #164655 #236D86 #3094B7 #52B1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#236D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#236D86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D86

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D86	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.081 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c97a9',
    500: '#236d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d86;
$custom-light: #6c97a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.152,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50108,
    "c": 0.08086,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D86

secondary

#B5694F

accent

#6D46E2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D86

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

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