#236B8A#236B8A

#236B8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.085 H 230.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B8A
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 138)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.32, -11.18, -23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.32, 25.96, 244.49°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% -0.0538 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.085 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.5364, 12.7065, 25.9371)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B8A #8A4223

analogous

#238A76 #236B8A #23388A

triadic

#236B8A #8A236B #6B8A23

tetradic

#236B8A #76238A #8A4223 #388A23

square

#236B8A #76238A #8A4223 #388A23

split-complementary

#236B8A #8A2338 #8A7623

monochromatic

#0A1F28 #174559 #236B8A #2F91BB #54ADD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#236B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#236B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B8A

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B8A	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.085 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d95ac',
    500: '#236b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b8a;
$custom-light: #6d95ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.058,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49791,
    "c": 0.08501,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B8A

secondary

#B77051

accent

#7545E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B8A

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

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