#236C99#236C99

#236C99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.100 H 240.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236C99
RGB	rgb(35, 108, 153)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(203, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 29.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.33, -6.29, -30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.33, 31.44, 258.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.83% -0.0494 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(50.83% 0.1 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8032, 13.3810, 32.0915)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236C99 #995023

analogous

#23998B #236C99 #233199

triadic

#236C99 #99236C #6C9923

tetradic

#236C99 #8B2399 #995023 #319923

square

#236C99 #8B2399 #995023 #319923

split-complementary

#236C99 #992331 #998B23

monochromatic

#0C2635 #184967 #236C99 #2E8FCB #5DAADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#236C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#236C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236C99

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236C99	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576D9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 108, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.100 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7096b7',
    500: '#236c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236c99;
$custom-light: #7096b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.881,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50828,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236C99

secondary

#BE8059

accent

#8042E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236C99

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

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