#236E89#236E89

#236E89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.083 H 226.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E89
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 137)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 19.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, -13.27, -21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 25.19, 238.22°)
OKLab	oklab(50.51% -0.0574 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(50.51% 0.083 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7826, 13.3141, 25.6637)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E89 #893E23

analogous

#238971 #236E89 #233B89

triadic

#236E89 #89236E #6E8923

tetradic

#236E89 #712389 #893E23 #3B8923

square

#236E89 #712389 #893E23 #3B8923

split-complementary

#236E89 #89233B #897123

monochromatic

#0A2028 #174758 #236E89 #2F95BA #53B1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#236E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#236E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E89

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E89	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.083 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97ab',
    500: '#236e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e89;
$custom-light: #6d97ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50508,
    "c": 0.08301,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E89

secondary

#B76C51

accent

#6F45E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E89

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

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