#236A9F#236A9F

#236A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.109 H 245.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A9F
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 159)
HSL	hsl(206, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(206, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 33.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, -2.82, -34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 34.97, 265.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.68% -0.0456 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(50.68% 0.109 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1028, 13.1672, 34.6978)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A9F #9F5823

analogous

#239F96 #236A9F #232C9F

triadic

#236A9F #9F236A #6A9F23

tetradic

#236A9F #96239F #9F5823 #2C9F23

square

#236A9F #96239F #9F5823 #2C9F23

split-complementary

#236A9F #9F232C #9F9623

monochromatic

#0D273B #18496D #236A9F #2E8BD1 #60A7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#236A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#236A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A9F

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A9F	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#516CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40609E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.109 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7194bb',
    500: '#236a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a9f;
$custom-light: #7194bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.645,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50676,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A9F

secondary

#C1885D

accent

#8841E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A9F

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

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