#236D95#236D95

#236D95 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.095 H 237.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D95
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 149)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(201, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.45, -8.36, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.45, 29.45, 253.51°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% -0.0518 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.095 237)
XYZ	xyz(11.5844, 13.4632, 30.4161)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D95 #954B23

analogous

#239584 #236D95 #233495

triadic

#236D95 #95236D #6D9523

tetradic

#236D95 #842395 #954B23 #349523

square

#236D95 #842395 #954B23 #349523

split-complementary

#236D95 #952334 #958423

monochromatic

#0C2432 #174963 #236D95 #2F91C7 #5AACD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#236D95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#236D95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D95

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D95	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6D97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.095 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f96b4',
    500: '#236d95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d95;
$custom-light: #6f96b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.053,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50861,
    "c": 0.09504,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.13465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D95

secondary

#BD7B57

accent

#7C43E5

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#080D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D95

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

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