#236B96#236B96

#236B96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.098 H 239.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B96
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 150)
HSL	hsl(202, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(202, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 28.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, -6.80, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 30.50, 257.12°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% -0.0495 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.098 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4537, 13.0734, 30.7680)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B96 #964E23

analogous

#239688 #236B96 #233296

triadic

#236B96 #96236B #6B9623

tetradic

#236B96 #882396 #964E23 #329623

square

#236B96 #882396 #964E23 #329623

split-complementary

#236B96 #962332 #968823

monochromatic

#0C2433 #174864 #236B96 #2F8EC8 #5BAAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#236B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#236B96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B96

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B96	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576B98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00767A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.098 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f95b5',
    500: '#236b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b96;
$custom-light: #6f95b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.435,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50417,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B96

secondary

#BD7E58

accent

#7F43E5

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B96

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

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