#236AFF#236AFF

#236AFF is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.232 H 262.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236AFF
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 255)
HSL	hsl(221, 100%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(221, 86%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 58.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 33.85, -79.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 86.52, 293.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% -0.0303 -0.2304)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.232 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8907, 17.8823, 96.7808)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236AFF #FFB823

analogous

#23D8FF #236AFF #4A23FF

triadic

#236AFF #FF236A #6AFF23

tetradic

#236AFF #FF23D8 #FFB823 #23FF4A

square

#236AFF #FF23D8 #FFB823 #23FF4A

split-complementary

#236AFF #FF4A23 #D8FF23

monochromatic

#0036A8 #004AE5 #236AFF #6093FF #9DBDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#236AFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#236AFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236AFF

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236AFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236AFF	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0090AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236aff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.232 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8793ff',
    500: '#236aff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236aff;
$custom-light: #8793ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236aff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.636,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57559,
    "c": 0.23244,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236AFF

secondary

#ECCF92

accent

#BA29FF

background

#F9F9FF

surface

#F2F1FF

border

#CCCBD7

text

#0E0D18

muted

#7E7E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #236AFF

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

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