#236D88#236D88

#236D88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.082 H 226.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D88
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 136)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, -13.05, -21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 25.05, 238.60°)
OKLab	oklab(50.2% -0.0567 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(50.2% 0.082 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6039, 13.0710, 25.2519)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D88 #883E23

analogous

#238870 #236D88 #233A88

triadic

#236D88 #88236D #6D8823

tetradic

#236D88 #702388 #883E23 #3A8823

square

#236D88 #702388 #883E23 #3A8823

split-complementary

#236D88 #88233A #887023

monochromatic

#0A1F27 #164657 #236D88 #3094B9 #53B0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#236D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#236D88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D88

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D88	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.082 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97aa',
    500: '#236d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d88;
$custom-light: #6d97aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.04,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50204,
    "c": 0.08248,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D88

secondary

#B76C50

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D88

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

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