#236C8D#236C8D

#236C8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.087 H 232.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236C8D
RGB	rgb(35, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, -10.68, -24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 26.75, 246.47°)
OKLab	oklab(50.2% -0.0537 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(50.2% 0.087 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8615, 13.0043, 27.1318)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236C8D #8D4423

analogous

#238D79 #236C8D #23378D

triadic

#236C8D #8D236C #6C8D23

tetradic

#236C8D #79238D #8D4423 #378D23

square

#236C8D #79238D #8D4423 #378D23

split-complementary

#236C8D #8D2337 #8D7923

monochromatic

#0B212B #17465C #236C8D #2F92BE #55ADD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#236C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#236C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236C8D

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236C8D	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.087 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e96ae',
    500: '#236c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236c8d;
$custom-light: #6e96ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.679,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50196,
    "c": 0.08741,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236C8D

secondary

#B97353

accent

#7644E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236C8D

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

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