#236C9A#236C9A

#236C9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.101 H 241.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236C9A
RGB	rgb(35, 108, 154)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(203, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 29.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.38, -5.91, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.38, 31.87, 259.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.88% -0.0491 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(50.88% 0.101 241)
XYZ	xyz(11.8861, 13.4141, 32.5283)
Luminance	0.1342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236C9A #9A5123

analogous

#239A8D #236C9A #23319A

triadic

#236C9A #9A236C #6C9A23

tetradic

#236C9A #8D239A #9A5123 #319A23

square

#236C9A #8D239A #9A5123 #319A23

split-complementary

#236C9A #9A2331 #9A8D23

monochromatic

#0C2636 #184968 #236C9A #2E8FCC #5DAADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#236C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#236C9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236C9A

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236C9A	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 108, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.101 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7095b8',
    500: '#236c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236c9a;
$custom-light: #7095b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.193,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50883,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.13416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236C9A

secondary

#BF815A

accent

#8142E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236C9A

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

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