#236A8F#236A8F

#236A8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.091 H 235.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A8F
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 143)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(201, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 25.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, -8.78, -26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 27.98, 251.72°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% -0.0509 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.091 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8031, 12.6473, 27.8531)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A8F #8F4823

analogous

#238F7E #236A8F #23348F

triadic

#236A8F #8F236A #6A8F23

tetradic

#236A8F #7E238F #8F4823 #348F23

square

#236A8F #7E238F #8F4823 #348F23

split-complementary

#236A8F #8F2334 #8F7E23

monochromatic

#0B212D #17465E #236A8F #2F8EC0 #57AAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#236A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#236A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A8F

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A8F	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.091 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e94b0',
    500: '#236a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a8f;
$custom-light: #6e94b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.556,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49794,
    "c": 0.09053,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A8F

secondary

#BA7754

accent

#7B44E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A8F

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

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