#236B9B#236B9B

#236B9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.103 H 242.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B9B
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 155)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(204, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 31%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, -4.94, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 32.70, 261.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% -0.0478 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.103 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8649, 13.2379, 32.9338)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B9B #9B5323

analogous

#239B8F #236B9B #232F9B

triadic

#236B9B #9B236B #6B9B23

tetradic

#236B9B #8F239B #9B5323 #2F9B23

square

#236B9B #8F239B #9B5323 #2F9B23

split-complementary

#236B9B #9B232F #9B8F23

monochromatic

#0C2637 #184969 #236B9B #2E8DCD #5EA9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#236B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#236B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B9B

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B9B	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44619A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.103 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7095b8',
    500: '#236b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b9b;
$custom-light: #7095b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50692,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B9B

secondary

#BF835A

accent

#8342E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B9B

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

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