#236E91#236E91

#236E91 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.090 H 233.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E91
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 145)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 24.1%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, -10.41, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 27.68, 247.92°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% -0.0543 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.09 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3779, 13.5522, 28.7988)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E91 #914623

analogous

#23917D #236E91 #233791

triadic

#236E91 #91236E #6E9123

tetradic

#236E91 #7D2391 #914623 #379123

square

#236E91 #7D2391 #914623 #379123

split-complementary

#236E91 #912337 #917D23

monochromatic

#0B232E #174960 #236E91 #2F93C2 #58AED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#236E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#236E91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E91

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E91	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6D93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.090 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e97b1',
    500: '#236e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e91;
$custom-light: #6e97b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50905,
    "c": 0.09031,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E91

secondary

#BB7555

accent

#7744E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F5

border

#C8CCCF

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E91

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

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