#236A96#236A96

#236A96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.098 H 240.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A96
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 150)
HSL	hsl(203, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(203, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, -6.20, -30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 30.86, 258.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% -0.0485 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.098 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3500, 12.8661, 30.7335)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A96 #964F23

analogous

#239689 #236A96 #233096

triadic

#236A96 #96236A #6A9623

tetradic

#236A96 #892396 #964F23 #309623

square

#236A96 #892396 #964F23 #309623

split-complementary

#236A96 #962330 #968923

monochromatic

#0C2433 #174764 #236A96 #2F8DC8 #5BA8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#236A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#236A96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A96

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A96	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.098 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f94b5',
    500: '#236a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a96;
$custom-light: #6f94b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.957,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50169,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A96

secondary

#BD7E58

accent

#8143E5

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A96

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

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