#236E8E#236E8E

#236E8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.087 H 230.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E8E
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 22.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.45, -11.49, -24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.45, 26.67, 244.49°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% -0.0554 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.087 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1496, 13.4609, 27.5965)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E8E #8E4323

analogous

#238E79 #236E8E #23398E

triadic

#236E8E #8E236E #6E8E23

tetradic

#236E8E #79238E #8E4323 #398E23

square

#236E8E #79238E #8E4323 #398E23

split-complementary

#236E8E #8E2339 #8E7923

monochromatic

#0B222C #17485D #236E8E #2F94BF #56AFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#236E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#236E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E8E

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E8E	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F628E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.087 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e97af',
    500: '#236e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e8e;
$custom-light: #6e97af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.944,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50753,
    "c": 0.08743,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E8E

secondary

#B97253

accent

#7444E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E8E

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

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