#236C9B#236C9B

#236C9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.102 H 241.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236C9B
RGB	rgb(35, 108, 155)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(204, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 30.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.43, -5.54, -31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.43, 32.31, 260.12°)
OKLab	oklab(50.94% -0.0488 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(50.94% 0.102 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9698, 13.4476, 32.9688)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236C9B #9B5223

analogous

#239B8E #236C9B #23309B

triadic

#236C9B #9B236C #6C9B23

tetradic

#236C9B #8E239B #9B5223 #309B23

square

#236C9B #8E239B #9B5223 #309B23

split-complementary

#236C9B #9B2330 #9B8E23

monochromatic

#0C2637 #184969 #236C9B #2E8FCD #5EAADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#236C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#236C9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236C9B

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236C9B	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566D9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46629A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 108, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.102 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7095b8',
    500: '#236c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236c9b;
$custom-light: #7095b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50938,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236C9B

secondary

#BF825A

accent

#8242E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236C9B

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

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