#236C8F#236C8F

#236C8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.089 H 233.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236C8F
RGB	rgb(35, 108, 143)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.86, -9.96, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.86, 27.45, 248.73°)
OKLab	oklab(50.3% -0.053 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(50.3% 0.089 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0116, 13.0643, 27.9226)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236C8F #8F4623

analogous

#238F7C #236C8F #23368F

triadic

#236C8F #8F236C #6C8F23

tetradic

#236C8F #7C238F #8F4623 #368F23

square

#236C8F #7C238F #8F4623 #368F23

split-complementary

#236C8F #8F2336 #8F7C23

monochromatic

#0B222D #17475E #236C8F #2F91C0 #57ADD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#236C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#236C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236C8F

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236C8F	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C618E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 108, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.089 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e96b0',
    500: '#236c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236c8f;
$custom-light: #6e96b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.444,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50298,
    "c": 0.08939,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236C8F

secondary

#BA7554

accent

#7844E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236C8F

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

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