#236D8B#236D8B

#236D8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.085 H 229.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D8B
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 139)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, -11.98, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 25.91, 242.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.35% -0.0555 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(50.35% 0.085 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8201, 13.1574, 26.3905)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D8B #8B4123

analogous

#238B75 #236D8B #23398B

triadic

#236D8B #8B236D #6D8B23

tetradic

#236D8B #75238B #8B4123 #398B23

square

#236D8B #75238B #8B4123 #398B23

split-complementary

#236D8B #8B2339 #8B7523

monochromatic

#0A2029 #17475A #236D8B #2F93BC #54AFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#236D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#236D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D8B

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D8B	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F618B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.085 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d96ad',
    500: '#236d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d8b;
$custom-light: #6d96ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.308,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5035,
    "c": 0.0851,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D8B

secondary

#B86F52

accent

#7245E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D8B

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

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