#236C8B#236C8B

#236C8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.086 H 230.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236C8B
RGB	rgb(35, 108, 139)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.68, -11.40, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.68, 26.09, 244.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50.1% -0.0545 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(50.1% 0.086 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7140, 12.9453, 26.3551)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236C8B #8B4223

analogous

#238B76 #236C8B #23388B

triadic

#236C8B #8B236C #6C8B23

tetradic

#236C8B #76238B #8B4223 #388B23

square

#236C8B #76238B #8B4223 #388B23

split-complementary

#236C8B #8B2338 #8B7623

monochromatic

#0A2029 #17465A #236C8B #2F92BC #54AED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#236C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#236C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236C8B

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236C8B	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E608B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 108, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.086 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d96ad',
    500: '#236c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236c8b;
$custom-light: #6d96ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.885,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50096,
    "c": 0.08551,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236C8B

secondary

#B87052

accent

#7445E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236C8B

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

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