#236A8E#236A8E

#236A8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.089 H 235.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A8E
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 142)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(200, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.18, -9.14, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.18, 27.60, 250.65°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% -0.0513 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.089 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7277, 12.6171, 27.4559)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A8E #8E4723

analogous

#238E7D #236A8E #23358E

triadic

#236A8E #8E236A #6A8E23

tetradic

#236A8E #7D238E #8E4723 #358E23

square

#236A8E #7D238E #8E4723 #358E23

split-complementary

#236A8E #8E2335 #8E7D23

monochromatic

#0B212C #17455D #236A8E #2F8FBF #56ABD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#236A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#236A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A8E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A8E	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.089 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e94af',
    500: '#236a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a8e;
$custom-light: #6e94af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.187,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49742,
    "c": 0.08949,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A8E

secondary

#B97653

accent

#7A44E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A8E

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

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