#236F89#236F89

#236F89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.083 H 225.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F89
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 137)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 19%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, -13.84, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 25.09, 236.52°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% -0.0584 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.083 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8911, 13.5311, 25.6998)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F89 #893D23

analogous

#238970 #236F89 #233C89

triadic

#236F89 #89236F #6F8923

tetradic

#236F89 #702389 #893D23 #3C8923

square

#236F89 #702389 #893D23 #3C8923

split-complementary

#236F89 #89233C #897023

monochromatic

#0A2028 #174858 #236F89 #2F96BA #53B3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#236F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#236F89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F89

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F89	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.083 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d98ab',
    500: '#236f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f89;
$custom-light: #6d98ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50765,
    "c": 0.08273,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F89

secondary

#B76B51

accent

#6D45E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F89

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

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