#236D89#236D89

#236D89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.083 H 227.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D89
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 137)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, -12.69, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 25.32, 239.92°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% -0.0563 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.083 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6753, 13.0995, 25.6279)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D89 #893F23

analogous

#238972 #236D89 #233A89

triadic

#236D89 #89236D #6D8923

tetradic

#236D89 #722389 #893F23 #3A8923

square

#236D89 #722389 #893F23 #3A8923

split-complementary

#236D89 #89233A #897223

monochromatic

#0A1F28 #174658 #236D89 #2F94BA #53B0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#236D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#236D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D89

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D89	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.083 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d96ab',
    500: '#236d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d89;
$custom-light: #6d96ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50252,
    "c": 0.08333,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D89

secondary

#B76D51

accent

#7045E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D89

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

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