#236B9D#236B9D

#236B9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.106 H 243.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B9D
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 157)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(205, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 31.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.22, -4.19, -33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.22, 33.61, 262.84°)
OKLab	oklab(50.81% -0.0472 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(50.81% 0.106 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0343, 13.3056, 33.8257)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B9D #9D5523

analogous

#239D92 #236B9D #232E9D

triadic

#236B9D #9D236B #6B9D23

tetradic

#236B9D #92239D #9D5523 #2E9D23

square

#236B9D #92239D #9D5523 #2E9D23

split-complementary

#236B9D #9D232E #9D9223

monochromatic

#0D2739 #18496B #236B9D #2E8DCF #5FA8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#236B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#236B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B9D

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B9D	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#546C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43619C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.106 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7095ba',
    500: '#236b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b9d;
$custom-light: #7095ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.59,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50805,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B9D

secondary

#C0855C

accent

#8541E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B9D

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

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