#236D8E#236D8E

#236D8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.088 H 231.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D8E
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 142)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 23.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.13, -10.91, -24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.13, 26.87, 246.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% -0.0544 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.088 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.0423, 13.2463, 27.5608)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D8E #8E4423

analogous

#238E7A #236D8E #23378E

triadic

#236D8E #8E236D #6D8E23

tetradic

#236D8E #7A238E #8E4423 #378E23

square

#236D8E #7A238E #8E4423 #378E23

split-complementary

#236D8E #8E2337 #8E7A23

monochromatic

#0B222C #17475D #236D8E #2F93BF #56AED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#236D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#236D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D8E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D8E	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E618E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.088 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e96af',
    500: '#236d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d8e;
$custom-light: #6e96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.505,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.505,
    "c": 0.08789,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D8E

secondary

#B97353

accent

#7544E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D8E

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

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