#236AAC#236AAC

#236AAC is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.125 H 250.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236AAC
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 172)
HSL	hsl(209, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(209, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 38.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.72, 2.13, -41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.72, 41.47, 272.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% -0.0419 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.125 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.2907, 13.6424, 40.9545)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236AAC #AC6523

analogous

#23ACA9 #236AAC #2325AC

triadic

#236AAC #AC236A #6AAC23

tetradic

#236AAC #A923AC #AC6523 #25AC23

square

#236AAC #A923AC #AC6523 #25AC23

split-complementary

#236AAC #AC2325 #ACA923

monochromatic

#0E2B46 #194B79 #236AAC #3689D6 #69A7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#236AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#236AAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236AAC

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236AAC	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B6EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3562AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.125 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7394c5',
    500: '#236aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236aac;
$custom-light: #7394c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.905,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51456,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236AAC

secondary

#C69464

accent

#913FE9

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF1F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#090D13

muted

#7B7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #236AAC

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

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