#236E88#236E88

#236E88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.082 H 225.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E88
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 136)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, -13.62, -20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 24.93, 236.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.46% -0.0577 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(50.46% 0.082 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7112, 13.2855, 25.2876)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E88 #883D23

analogous

#23886F #236E88 #233B88

triadic

#236E88 #88236E #6E8823

tetradic

#236E88 #6F2388 #883D23 #3B8823

square

#236E88 #6F2388 #883D23 #3B8823

split-complementary

#236E88 #88233B #886F23

monochromatic

#0A1F27 #164757 #236E88 #3095B9 #53B2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#236E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#236E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E88

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E88	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.082 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97aa',
    500: '#236e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e88;
$custom-light: #6d97aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.446,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5046,
    "c": 0.08219,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E88

secondary

#B76B50

accent

#6E46E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E88

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

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