#236B9E#236B9E

#236B9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.107 H 244.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B9E
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 158)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(205, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 32.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.27, -3.81, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.27, 34.08, 263.58°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% -0.0468 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.107 244)
XYZ	xyz(12.1200, 13.3399, 34.2772)
Luminance	0.1334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B9E #9E5623

analogous

#239E93 #236B9E #232D9E

triadic

#236B9E #9E236B #6B9E23

tetradic

#236B9E #93239E #9E5623 #2D9E23

square

#236B9E #93239E #9E5623 #2D9E23

split-complementary

#236B9E #9E232D #9E9323

monochromatic

#0D273A #18496C #236B9E #2E8DD0 #60A8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#236B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#236B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B9E

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B9E	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#536DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42619D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.107 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7195bb',
    500: '#236b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b9e;
$custom-light: #7195bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.878,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50862,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.13341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B9E

secondary

#C1865C

accent

#8641E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B9E

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

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