#236AA9#236AA9

#236AA9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.122 H 249.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236AA9
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 169)
HSL	hsl(208, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(208, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 37.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, 0.98, -39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 39.93, 271.40°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% -0.0427 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.122 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.0059, 13.5284, 39.4542)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236AA9 #A96223

analogous

#23A9A5 #236AA9 #2327A9

triadic

#236AA9 #A9236A #6AA923

tetradic

#236AA9 #A523A9 #A96223 #27A923

square

#236AA9 #A523A9 #A96223 #27A923

split-complementary

#236AA9 #A92327 #A9A523

monochromatic

#0E2A44 #194A76 #236AA9 #3489D5 #67A7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#236AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#236AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236AA9

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236AA9	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C6EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3861A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.122 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7394c3',
    500: '#236aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236aa9;
$custom-light: #7394c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.209,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51271,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236AA9

secondary

#C59163

accent

#8F3FE9

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF1F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #236AA9

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

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