#236CAE#236CAE

#236CAE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.126 H 249.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236CAE
RGB	rgb(35, 108, 174)
HSL	hsl(208, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(208, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 37.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.43, 1.65, -41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.43, 41.48, 272.27°)
OKLab	oklab(52.05% -0.0432 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(52.05% 0.126 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6928, 14.1368, 42.0432)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236CAE #AE6523

analogous

#23AEAA #236CAE #2327AE

triadic

#236CAE #AE236C #6CAE23

tetradic

#236CAE #AA23AE #AE6523 #27AE23

square

#236CAE #AA23AE #AE6523 #27AE23

split-complementary

#236CAE #AE2327 #AEAA23

monochromatic

#0F2D48 #194C7B #236CAE #378BD7 #6AA9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#236CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#236CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236CAE

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236CAE	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D70B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3763AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 108, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.126 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7495c6',
    500: '#236cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236cae;
$custom-light: #7495c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.489,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52051,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236CAE

secondary

#C79466

accent

#903EE9

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF1F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#090D13

muted

#7B7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #236CAE

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

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