#236E90#236E90

#236E90 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.089 H 232.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E90
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 144)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.54, -10.77, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.54, 27.33, 246.80°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% -0.0546 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.089 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3011, 13.5215, 28.3945)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E90 #904523

analogous

#23907C #236E90 #233790

triadic

#236E90 #90236E #6E9023

tetradic

#236E90 #7C2390 #904523 #379023

square

#236E90 #7C2390 #904523 #379023

split-complementary

#236E90 #902337 #907C23

monochromatic

#0B232E #17485F #236E90 #2F94C1 #57AFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#236E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#236E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E90

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E90	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E628F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.089 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e97b0',
    500: '#236e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e90;
$custom-light: #6e97b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.716,
    "s": 60.894,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50854,
    "c": 0.08934,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E90

secondary

#BA7454

accent

#7644E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F5

border

#C8CCCF

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E90

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

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