#236A9B#236A9B

#236A9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.104 H 243.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A9B
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 155)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(205, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 31.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.81, -4.33, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.81, 33.10, 262.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% -0.0468 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.104 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7613, 13.0306, 32.8993)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A9B #9B5423

analogous

#239B90 #236A9B #232E9B

triadic

#236A9B #9B236A #6A9B23

tetradic

#236A9B #90239B #9B5423 #2E9B23

square

#236A9B #90239B #9B5423 #2E9B23

split-complementary

#236A9B #9B232E #9B9023

monochromatic

#0C2637 #184869 #236A9B #2E8CCD #5EA8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#236A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#236A9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A9B

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A9B	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#536B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43609A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00767B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.104 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7094b8',
    500: '#236a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a9b;
$custom-light: #7094b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50447,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A9B

secondary

#BF845A

accent

#8542E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A9B

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

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