#236D8A#236D8A

#236D8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.084 H 228.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#236D8A
RGBrgb(35, 109, 138)
HSLhsl(197, 60%, 34%)
HSVhsv(197, 75%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(74.6%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(42.96, -12.34, -22.44)
CIE-LCHlch(42.96, 25.61, 241.20°)
OKLaboklab(50.3% -0.0559 -0.063)
OKLCHoklch(50.3% 0.084 228.4)
XYZxyz(10.7474, 13.1283, 26.0074)
Luminance0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#236D8A #8A4023
analogous
#238A74 #236D8A #233A8A
triadic
#236D8A #8A236D #6D8A23
tetradic
#236D8A #74238A #8A4023 #3A8A23
square
#236D8A #74238A #8A4023 #3A8A23
split-complementary
#236D8A #8A233A #8A7423
monochromatic
#0A2028 #174659 #236D8A #2F94BB #54B0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79
#236D8A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63
#236D8A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D8A
5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##236D8A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##236D8A1.005.793.635.79
#FFFFFF5.791.0021.001.00
#0000003.6321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.791.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5E6B8B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#50618A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007577
Achromatopsia (no color)
#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #236d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.084 228.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d96ac',
    500: '#236d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #236d8a;
$custom-light: #6d96ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#236d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.893,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50301,
    "c": 0.0842,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#236D8A
secondary
#B76E51
accent
#7145E3
background
#F7F9FA
surface
#EDF2F4
border
#C8CCCE
text
#080D10
muted
#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

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#236D8A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva