#236B8E#236B8E

#236B8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.089 H 234.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B8E
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 142)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(200, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 24.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, -9.73, -25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 27.34, 249.14°)
OKLab	oklab(49.99% -0.0523 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(49.99% 0.089 234)
XYZ	xyz(10.8314, 12.8245, 27.4905)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B8E #8E4623

analogous

#238E7C #236B8E #23368E

triadic

#236B8E #8E236B #6B8E23

tetradic

#236B8E #7C238E #8E4623 #368E23

square

#236B8E #7C238E #8E4623 #368E23

split-complementary

#236B8E #8E2336 #8E7C23

monochromatic

#0B212C #17465D #236B8E #2F90BF #56ACD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#236B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#236B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B8E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B8E	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.089 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e95af',
    500: '#236b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b8e;
$custom-light: #6e95af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.626,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49994,
    "c": 0.08893,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.12826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B8E

secondary

#B97553

accent

#7844E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B8E

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

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