#236A9D#236A9D

#236A9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.107 H 244.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A9D
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 157)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(205, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 32.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, -3.58, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 34.03, 263.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.56% -0.0462 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(50.56% 0.107 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9306, 13.0983, 33.7912)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A9D #9D5623

analogous

#239D93 #236A9D #232D9D

triadic

#236A9D #9D236A #6A9D23

tetradic

#236A9D #93239D #9D5623 #2D9D23

square

#236A9D #93239D #9D5623 #2D9D23

split-complementary

#236A9D #9D232D #9D9323

monochromatic

#0D2639 #18486B #236A9D #2E8CCF #5FA7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#236A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#236A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A9D

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A9D	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#526C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41609C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00767C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.107 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7094ba',
    500: '#236a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a9d;
$custom-light: #7094ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.082,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50561,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A9D

secondary

#C0865C

accent

#8641E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A9D

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

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