#236A8A#236A8A

#236A8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.085 H 231.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A8A
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 138)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(199, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 23.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, -10.59, -23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 26.17, 246.12°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% -0.0527 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.085 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4328, 12.4992, 25.9026)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A8A #8A4323

analogous

#238A77 #236A8A #23378A

triadic

#236A8A #8A236A #6A8A23

tetradic

#236A8A #77238A #8A4323 #378A23

square

#236A8A #77238A #8A4323 #378A23

split-complementary

#236A8A #8A2337 #8A7723

monochromatic

#0A1F28 #174559 #236A8A #2F8FBB #54ACD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#236A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#236A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A8A

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A8A	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A698C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.085 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d94ac',
    500: '#236a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a8a;
$custom-light: #6d94ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.641,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49537,
    "c": 0.08547,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A8A

secondary

#B77151

accent

#7645E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A8A

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

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