#236BAC#236BAC

#236BAC is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.124 H 249.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236BAC
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 172)
HSL	hsl(208, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(208, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 37.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 1.50, -40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 40.96, 272.10°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% -0.0428 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.124 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.3944, 13.8497, 40.9890)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236BAC #AC6423

analogous

#23ACA8 #236BAC #2326AC

triadic

#236BAC #AC236B #6BAC23

tetradic

#236BAC #A823AC #AC6423 #26AC23

square

#236BAC #A823AC #AC6423 #26AC23

split-complementary

#236BAC #AC2326 #ACA823

monochromatic

#0E2C46 #194B79 #236BAC #368AD6 #69A8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#236BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#236BAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236BAC

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236BAC	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C6FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3762AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.124 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7394c5',
    500: '#236bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236bac;
$custom-light: #7394c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.467,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51692,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236BAC

secondary

#C69364

accent

#903FE9

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF1F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#090D13

muted

#7B7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #236BAC

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

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