#236E7D#236E7D

#236E7D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.075 H 213.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E7D
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 125)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 12%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.75, -17.42, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.75, 22.96, 220.66°)
OKLab	oklab(49.96% -0.0624 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(49.96% 0.075 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9692, 12.9887, 21.3797)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E7D #7D3223

analogous

#237D5F #236E7D #23417D

triadic

#236E7D #7D236E #6E7D23

tetradic

#236E7D #5F237D #7D3223 #417D23

square

#236E7D #5F237D #7D3223 #417D23

split-complementary

#236E7D #7D2341 #7D5F23

monochromatic

#081A1D #16444D #236E7D #3098AD #4DB8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#236E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#236E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E7D

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E7D	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56617D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.075 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b97a2',
    500: '#236e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e7d;
$custom-light: #6b97a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49957,
    "c": 0.07498,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E7D

secondary

#AF5D4C

accent

#6148E0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E7D

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

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