#236CD4#236CD4

#236CD4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.175 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236CD4
RGB	rgb(35, 108, 212)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(215, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 49.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 16.29, -59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 61.85, 285.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% -0.0355 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.175 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9350, 15.8337, 64.3855)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236CD4 #D48B23

analogous

#23C4D4 #236CD4 #3223D4

triadic

#236CD4 #D4236C #6CD423

tetradic

#236CD4 #D423C4 #D48B23 #23D432

square

#236CD4 #D423C4 #D48B23 #23D432

split-complementary

#236CD4 #D43223 #C4D423

monochromatic

#12366B #1A519F #236CD4 #528DE2 #86B0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#236CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#236CD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236CD4

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236CD4	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C77D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 108, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.175 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c95e2',
    500: '#236cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236cd4;
$custom-light: #7c95e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.254,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54606,
    "c": 0.17542,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236CD4

secondary

#D4B17E

accent

#A439EE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0B0D15

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #236CD4

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

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