#236E7E#236E7E

#236E7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.075 H 214.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E7E
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 126)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.78, -17.08, -15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.78, 23.06, 222.23°)
OKLab	oklab(50% -0.0619 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.075 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0334, 13.0144, 21.7179)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E7E #7E3323

analogous

#237E61 #236E7E #23417E

triadic

#236E7E #7E236E #6E7E23

tetradic

#236E7E #61237E #7E3323 #417E23

square

#236E7E #61237E #7E3323 #417E23

split-complementary

#236E7E #7E2341 #7E6123

monochromatic

#081A1E #16444E #236E7E #3098AE #4EB7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#236E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#236E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E7E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E7E	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)

#636A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56617E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.075 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b97a3',
    500: '#236e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e7e;
$custom-light: #6b97a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.549,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50001,
    "c": 0.07549,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E7E

secondary

#B05E4C

accent

#6348E0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E7E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →