#236C9E#236C9E

#236C9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.106 H 243.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236C9E
RGB	rgb(35, 108, 158)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 31.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, -4.42, -33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 33.67, 262.46°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% -0.0478 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.106 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2249, 13.5496, 34.3122)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236C9E #9E5523

analogous

#239E92 #236C9E #232E9E

triadic

#236C9E #9E236C #6C9E23

tetradic

#236C9E #92239E #9E5523 #2E9E23

square

#236C9E #92239E #9E5523 #2E9E23

split-complementary

#236C9E #9E232E #9E9223

monochromatic

#0D283A #184A6C #236C9E #2E8ED0 #60A9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#236C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#236C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236C9E

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236C9E	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44629D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 108, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.106 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7195bb',
    500: '#236c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236c9e;
$custom-light: #7195bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.39,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51106,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236C9E

secondary

#C1855C

accent

#8441E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #236C9E

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

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