#236E81#236E81

#236E81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.077 H 218.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E81
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 129)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 14.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.90, -16.05, -17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.90, 23.47, 226.85°)
OKLab	oklab(50.14% -0.0606 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(50.14% 0.077 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2299, 13.0930, 22.7527)
Luminance	0.1309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E81 #813623

analogous

#238165 #236E81 #233F81

triadic

#236E81 #81236E #6E8123

tetradic

#236E81 #652381 #813623 #3F8123

square

#236E81 #652381 #813623 #3F8123

split-complementary

#236E81 #81233F #816523

monochromatic

#091C21 #164551 #236E81 #3097B1 #4FB5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#236E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#236E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E81

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E81	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)

#626B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.077 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c97a5',
    500: '#236e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e81;
$custom-light: #6c97a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.128,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50135,
    "c": 0.0772,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E81

secondary

#B3624D

accent

#6647E1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E81

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

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