#236A9C#236A9C

#236A9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.105 H 243.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A9C
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 156)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(205, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 32.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.86, -3.95, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.86, 33.56, 263.23°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% -0.0465 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.105 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8456, 13.0643, 33.3434)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A9C #9C5523

analogous

#239C91 #236A9C #232E9C

triadic

#236A9C #9C236A #6A9C23

tetradic

#236A9C #91239C #9C5523 #2E9C23

square

#236A9C #91239C #9C5523 #2E9C23

split-complementary

#236A9C #9C232E #9C9123

monochromatic

#0D2638 #18486A #236A9C #2E8CCE #5EA8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#236A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#236A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A9C

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A9C	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#536B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42609B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00767C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.105 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7094b9',
    500: '#236a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a9c;
$custom-light: #7094b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.793,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50504,
    "c": 0.10532,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A9C

secondary

#C0855B

accent

#8641E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A9C

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

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