#236B99#236B99

#236B99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.101 H 241.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#236B99
RGBrgb(35, 107, 153)
HSLhsl(203, 63%, 37%)
HSVhsv(203, 77%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(77.1%, 30.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(43.02, -5.68, -31.29)
CIE-LCHlch(43.02, 31.80, 259.71°)
OKLaboklab(50.58% -0.0485 -0.0886)
OKLCHoklch(50.58% 0.101 241.3)
XYZxyz(11.6984, 13.1712, 32.0566)
Luminance0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#236B99 #995123
analogous
#23998C #236B99 #233099
triadic
#236B99 #99236B #6B9923
tetradic
#236B99 #8C2399 #995123 #309923
square
#236B99 #8C2399 #995123 #309923
split-complementary
#236B99 #992330 #998C23
monochromatic
#0C2535 #184867 #236B99 #2E8ECB #5DA9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78
#236B99 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63
#236B99 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B99
5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##236B99#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##236B991.005.783.635.78
#FFFFFF5.781.0021.001.00
#0000003.6321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.781.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#566C9B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#456198
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00767B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #236b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.101 241.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7095b7',
    500: '#236b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #236b99;
$custom-light: #7095b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#236b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.39,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50581,
    "c": 0.10095,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#236B99
secondary
#BE8159
accent
#8242E6
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EDF1F6
border
#C8CBD0
text
#080D11
muted
#7B7E80

Preview Lab

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#236B99 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva