#236E85#236E85

#236E85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.080 H 222.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E85
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 133)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 17.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.07, -14.67, -19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.07, 24.23, 232.73°)
OKLab	oklab(50.32% -0.059 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(50.32% 0.08 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5010, 13.2014, 24.1805)
Luminance	0.1320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E85 #853A23

analogous

#23856B #236E85 #233D85

triadic

#236E85 #85236E #6E8523

tetradic

#236E85 #6B2385 #853A23 #3D8523

square

#236E85 #6B2385 #853A23 #3D8523

split-complementary

#236E85 #85233D #856B23

monochromatic

#091E24 #164655 #236E85 #3096B5 #51B3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#236E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#236E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E85

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E85	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.080 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c97a8',
    500: '#236e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e85;
$custom-light: #6c97a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.082,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50319,
    "c": 0.07989,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E85

secondary

#B5674F

accent

#6B46E2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E85

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

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