#236B9F#236B9F

#236B9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.108 H 244.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B9F
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 159)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(205, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 32.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.32, -3.44, -34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.32, 34.55, 264.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% -0.0465 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.108 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2064, 13.3745, 34.7324)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B9F #9F5723

analogous

#239F95 #236B9F #232D9F

triadic

#236B9F #9F236B #6B9F23

tetradic

#236B9F #95239F #9F5723 #2D9F23

square

#236B9F #95239F #9F5723 #2D9F23

split-complementary

#236B9F #9F232D #9F9523

monochromatic

#0D273B #18496D #236B9F #2E8DD1 #60A8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#236B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#236B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B9F

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B9F	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#536DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42619E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.108 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7195bb',
    500: '#236b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b9f;
$custom-light: #7195bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.161,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50919,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B9F

secondary

#C1875D

accent

#8741E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B9F

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

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