#236BD4#236BD4

#236BD4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.177 H 258.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236BD4
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 212)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(216, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 16.93, -60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 62.46, 285.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% -0.0348 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.177 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8301, 15.6240, 64.3506)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236BD4 #D48C23

analogous

#23C3D4 #236BD4 #3323D4

triadic

#236BD4 #D4236B #6BD423

tetradic

#236BD4 #D423C3 #D48C23 #23D433

square

#236BD4 #D423C3 #D48C23 #23D433

split-complementary

#236BD4 #D43323 #C3D423

monochromatic

#12366B #1A509F #236BD4 #528DE2 #86AFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#236BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#236BD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236BD4

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236BD4	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2977D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.177 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c94e2',
    500: '#236bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236bd4;
$custom-light: #7c94e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.593,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54392,
    "c": 0.17659,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236BD4

secondary

#D4B17E

accent

#A539EE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #236BD4

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

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