#236F81#236F81

#236F81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.077 H 216.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F81
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 129)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 14%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, -16.61, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 23.51, 225.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.4% -0.0617 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(50.4% 0.077 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3384, 13.3100, 22.7888)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F81 #813523

analogous

#238164 #236F81 #234081

triadic

#236F81 #81236F #6F8123

tetradic

#236F81 #642381 #813523 #408123

square

#236F81 #642381 #813523 #408123

split-complementary

#236F81 #812340 #816423

monochromatic

#091C21 #164651 #236F81 #3098B1 #4FB7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#236F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#236F81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F81

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F81	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)

#636C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.077 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c98a5',
    500: '#236f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f81;
$custom-light: #6c98a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.489,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50395,
    "c": 0.07721,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F81

secondary

#B3604D

accent

#6547E1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F81

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

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