#236A9A#236A9A

#236A9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.103 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A9A
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 154)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(204, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 31.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, -4.71, -32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 32.64, 261.71°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% -0.0471 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.103 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6776, 12.9971, 32.4588)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A9A #9A5323

analogous

#239A8F #236A9A #232E9A

triadic

#236A9A #9A236A #6A9A23

tetradic

#236A9A #8F239A #9A5323 #2E9A23

square

#236A9A #8F239A #9A5323 #2E9A23

split-complementary

#236A9A #9A232E #9A8F23

monochromatic

#0C2536 #184868 #236A9A #2E8CCC #5DA8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#236A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#236A9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A9A

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A9A	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#546B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00767B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.103 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7094b8',
    500: '#236a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a9a;
$custom-light: #7094b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.202,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50391,
    "c": 0.10293,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A9A

secondary

#BF835A

accent

#8442E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A9A

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

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