#236A8D#236A8D

#236A8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.088 H 234.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A8D
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 141)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(200, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 24.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, -9.51, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 27.23, 249.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% -0.0516 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.088 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6530, 12.5872, 27.0623)
Luminance	0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A8D #8D4623

analogous

#238D7B #236A8D #23358D

triadic

#236A8D #8D236A #6A8D23

tetradic

#236A8D #7B238D #8D4623 #358D23

square

#236A8D #7B238D #8D4623 #358D23

split-complementary

#236A8D #8D2335 #8D7B23

monochromatic

#0B202B #17455C #236A8D #2F8FBE #55ABD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#236A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#236A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A8D

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A8D	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59698F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.088 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d94ae',
    500: '#236a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a8d;
$custom-light: #6d94ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.811,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4969,
    "c": 0.08846,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A8D

secondary

#B97553

accent

#7944E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A8D

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

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