#236D87#236D87

#236D87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.082 H 225.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D87
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 135)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 19.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, -13.40, -20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 24.78, 237.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.16% -0.0571 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(50.16% 0.082 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5332, 13.0427, 24.8793)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D87 #873D23

analogous

#23876F #236D87 #233B87

triadic

#236D87 #87236D #6D8723

tetradic

#236D87 #6F2387 #873D23 #3B8723

square

#236D87 #6F2387 #873D23 #3B8723

split-complementary

#236D87 #87233B #876F23

monochromatic

#0A1F26 #164656 #236D87 #3094B8 #52B1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#236D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#236D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D87

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D87	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.082 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97aa',
    500: '#236d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d87;
$custom-light: #6d97aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50156,
    "c": 0.08165,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D87

secondary

#B66A50

accent

#6E46E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D87

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

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