#236B8D#236B8D

#236B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.088 H 233.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B8D
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 141)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 24.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, -10.10, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 26.98, 248.02°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% -0.0527 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.088 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7566, 12.7946, 27.0968)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B8D #8D4523

analogous

#238D7A #236B8D #23368D

triadic

#236B8D #8D236B #6B8D23

tetradic

#236B8D #7A238D #8D4523 #368D23

square

#236B8D #7A238D #8D4523 #368D23

split-complementary

#236B8D #8D2336 #8D7A23

monochromatic

#0B212B #17465C #236B8D #2F90BE #55ACD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#236B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#236B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B8D

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B8D	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C608C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.088 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d95ae',
    500: '#236b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b8d;
$custom-light: #6d95ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.245,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49943,
    "c": 0.08791,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B8D

secondary

#B97453

accent

#7744E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B8D

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

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