#236BAE#236BAE

#236BAE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.127 H 250.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236BAE
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 174)
HSL	hsl(209, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(209, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 38.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.13, 2.27, -41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.13, 41.99, 273.10°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% -0.0423 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.127 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5879, 13.9271, 42.0082)
Luminance	0.1393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236BAE #AE6623

analogous

#23AEAB #236BAE #2325AE

triadic

#236BAE #AE236B #6BAE23

tetradic

#236BAE #AB23AE #AE6623 #25AE23

square

#236BAE #AB23AE #AE6623 #25AE23

split-complementary

#236BAE #AE2325 #AEAB23

monochromatic

#0F2C48 #194C7B #236BAE #378AD7 #6AA8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#236BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#236BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236BAE

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236BAE	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B6FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3563AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.127 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7494c6',
    500: '#236bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236bae;
$custom-light: #7494c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.921,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51816,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236BAE

secondary

#C79566

accent

#913EE9

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF1F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#090D13

muted

#7B7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #236BAE

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

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