#236AD4#236AD4

#236AD4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.178 H 258.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236AD4
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 212)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(216, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 50%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.20, 17.57, -60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.20, 63.07, 286.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% -0.0341 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.178 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7265, 15.4166, 64.3160)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236AD4 #D48D23

analogous

#23C2D4 #236AD4 #3423D4

triadic

#236AD4 #D4236A #6AD423

tetradic

#236AD4 #D423C2 #D48D23 #23D434

square

#236AD4 #D423C2 #D48D23 #23D434

split-complementary

#236AD4 #D43423 #C2D423

monochromatic

#12356B #1A509F #236AD4 #528CE2 #86AFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#236AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#236AD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236AD4

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236AD4	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2676D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.178 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d93e2',
    500: '#236ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236ad4;
$custom-light: #7d93e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.932,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54179,
    "c": 0.17777,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236AD4

secondary

#D4B27E

accent

#A639EE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #236AD4

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

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