#236B9C#236B9C

#236B9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.104 H 243.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B9C
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 156)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(204, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 31.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, -4.56, -32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 33.15, 262.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% -0.0475 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.104 243)
XYZ	xyz(11.9492, 13.2716, 33.3779)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B9C #9C5423

analogous

#239C91 #236B9C #232E9C

triadic

#236B9C #9C236B #6B9C23

tetradic

#236B9C #91239C #9C5423 #2E9C23

square

#236B9C #91239C #9C5423 #2E9C23

split-complementary

#236B9C #9C232E #9C9123

monochromatic

#0D2638 #18496A #236B9C #2E8DCE #5EA9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#236B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#236B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B9C

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B9C	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#546C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43619B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.104 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7095b9',
    500: '#236b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b9c;
$custom-light: #7095b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.298,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50749,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.13273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B9C

secondary

#C0845B

accent

#8441E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B9C

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

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