#236E83#236E83

#236E83 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.078 H 220.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E83
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 131)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 16%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, -15.37, -18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 23.82, 229.83°)
OKLab	oklab(50.23% -0.0598 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(50.23% 0.078 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.3641, 13.1467, 23.4597)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E83 #833823

analogous

#238368 #236E83 #233E83

triadic

#236E83 #83236E #6E8323

tetradic

#236E83 #682383 #833823 #3E8323

square

#236E83 #682383 #833823 #3E8323

split-complementary

#236E83 #83233E #836823

monochromatic

#091D22 #164553 #236E83 #3097B3 #50B4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#236E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#236E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E83

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E83	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.078 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c97a7',
    500: '#236e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e83;
$custom-light: #6c97a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.125,
    "s": 57.831,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50226,
    "c": 0.07849,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E83

secondary

#B4644E

accent

#6847E1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E83

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

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