#236A9E#236A9E

#236A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.108 H 244.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A9E
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 158)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(205, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 32.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.96, -3.20, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.96, 34.50, 264.67°)
OKLab	oklab(50.62% -0.0459 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(50.62% 0.108 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0163, 13.1326, 34.2427)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A9E #9E5723

analogous

#239E95 #236A9E #232C9E

triadic

#236A9E #9E236A #6A9E23

tetradic

#236A9E #95239E #9E5723 #2C9E23

square

#236A9E #95239E #9E5723 #2C9E23

split-complementary

#236A9E #9E232C #9E9523

monochromatic

#0D273A #18486C #236A9E #2E8CD0 #60A7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#236A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#236A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A9E

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A9E	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#526CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41609D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.108 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7194bb',
    500: '#236a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a9e;
$custom-light: #7194bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.366,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50618,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A9E

secondary

#C1875C

accent

#8741E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A9E

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

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