#236E87#236E87

#236E87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.081 H 224.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E87
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 135)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, -13.97, -20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 24.68, 235.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% -0.0582 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.081 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6404, 13.2572, 24.9151)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#236E87 #873C23

analogous

#23876E #236E87 #233C87

triadic

#236E87 #87236E #6E8723

tetradic

#236E87 #6E2387 #873C23 #3C8723

square

#236E87 #6E2387 #873C23 #3C8723

split-complementary

#236E87 #87233C #876E23

monochromatic

#0A1F26 #164656 #236E87 #3096B8 #52B2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#236E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#236E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E87

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E87	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.081 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97aa',
    500: '#236e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e87;
$custom-light: #6d97aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50413,
    "c": 0.08141,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E87

secondary

#B66950

accent

#6D46E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E87

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

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