#236C9D#236C9D

#236C9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.105 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236C9D
RGB	rgb(35, 108, 157)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 31.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.53, -4.79, -32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.53, 33.21, 261.70°)
OKLab	oklab(51.05% -0.0481 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(51.05% 0.105 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1391, 13.5153, 33.8607)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236C9D #9D5423

analogous

#239D91 #236C9D #232F9D

triadic

#236C9D #9D236C #6C9D23

tetradic

#236C9D #91239D #9D5423 #2F9D23

square

#236C9D #91239D #9D5423 #2F9D23

split-complementary

#236C9D #9D232F #9D9123

monochromatic

#0D2739 #184A6B #236C9D #2E8ECF #5FA9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#236C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#236C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236C9D

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236C9D	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44629C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 108, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.105 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7095ba',
    500: '#236c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236c9d;
$custom-light: #7095ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.098,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5105,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236C9D

secondary

#C0845C

accent

#8441E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236C9D

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

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