#236E7F#236E7F

#236E7F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.076 H 216.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E7F
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 127)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, -16.74, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 23.19, 223.79°)
OKLab	oklab(50.04% -0.0615 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(50.04% 0.076 216)
XYZ	xyz(10.0982, 13.0403, 22.0594)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E7F #7F3423

analogous

#237F62 #236E7F #23407F

triadic

#236E7F #7F236E #6E7F23

tetradic

#236E7F #62237F #7F3423 #407F23

square

#236E7F #62237F #7F3423 #407F23

split-complementary

#236E7F #7F2340 #7F6223

monochromatic

#091B1F #16444F #236E7F #3098AF #4EB7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#236E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#236E7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E7F

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E7F	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)

#626B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56617F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.076 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c97a4',
    500: '#236e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e7f;
$custom-light: #6c97a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.087,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50045,
    "c": 0.07603,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.13041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E7F

secondary

#B15F4C

accent

#6448E0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E7F

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

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