#236E86#236E86

#236E86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.081 H 223.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E86
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 134)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, -14.32, -19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 24.45, 234.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.37% -0.0586 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(50.37% 0.081 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5704, 13.2292, 24.5460)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E86 #863B23

analogous

#23866C #236E86 #233D86

triadic

#236E86 #86236E #6E8623

tetradic

#236E86 #6C2386 #863B23 #3D8623

square

#236E86 #6C2386 #863B23 #3D8623

split-complementary

#236E86 #86233D #866C23

monochromatic

#0A1E25 #164655 #236E86 #3096B7 #52B3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#236E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#236E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E86

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E86	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.081 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97a9',
    500: '#236e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e86;
$custom-light: #6d97a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50366,
    "c": 0.08063,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E86

secondary

#B5684F

accent

#6C46E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E86

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

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