#236C8A#236C8A

#236C8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.085 H 229.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236C8A
RGB	rgb(35, 108, 138)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, -11.76, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 25.78, 242.86°)
OKLab	oklab(50.05% -0.0548 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(50.05% 0.085 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6413, 12.9162, 25.9721)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236C8A #8A4123

analogous

#238A75 #236C8A #23398A

triadic

#236C8A #8A236C #6C8A23

tetradic

#236C8A #75238A #8A4123 #398A23

square

#236C8A #75238A #8A4123 #398A23

split-complementary

#236C8A #8A2339 #8A7523

monochromatic

#0A2028 #174659 #236C8A #2F92BB #54AED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#236C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#236C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236C8A

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236C8A	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F608A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 108, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.085 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d96ac',
    500: '#236c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236c8a;
$custom-light: #6d96ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.476,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50046,
    "c": 0.08458,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236C8A

secondary

#B76F51

accent

#7345E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236C8A

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

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