#236C8E#236C8E

#236C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.088 H 232.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236C8E
RGB	rgb(35, 108, 142)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 23.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.81, -10.32, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.81, 27.10, 247.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% -0.0533 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.088 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9362, 13.0342, 27.5254)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236C8E #8E4523

analogous

#238E7A #236C8E #23378E

triadic

#236C8E #8E236C #6C8E23

tetradic

#236C8E #7A238E #8E4523 #378E23

square

#236C8E #7A238E #8E4523 #378E23

split-complementary

#236C8E #8E2337 #8E7A23

monochromatic

#0B212C #17475D #236C8E #2F91BF #56ADD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#236C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#236C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236C8E

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236C8E	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D618D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 108, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.088 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e96af',
    500: '#236c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236c8e;
$custom-light: #6e96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.065,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50247,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236C8E

secondary

#B97453

accent

#7744E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236C8E

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

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