#236F87#236F87

#236F87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.081 H 223.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F87
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 135)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 17.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.47, -14.54, -19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.47, 24.61, 233.79°)
OKLab	oklab(50.67% -0.0592 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(50.67% 0.081 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7490, 13.4742, 24.9513)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F87 #873B23

analogous

#23876D #236F87 #233D87

triadic

#236F87 #87236F #6F8723

tetradic

#236F87 #6D2387 #873B23 #3D8723

square

#236F87 #6D2387 #873B23 #3D8723

split-complementary

#236F87 #87233D #876D23

monochromatic

#0A1F26 #164756 #236F87 #3097B8 #52B3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#236F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#236F87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F87

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F87	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.081 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d98aa',
    500: '#236f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f87;
$custom-light: #6d98aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5067,
    "c": 0.08119,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F87

secondary

#B66850

accent

#6B46E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F87

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

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