#236D97#236D97

#236D97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.097 H 238.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D97
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 151)
HSL	hsl(202, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(202, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 27.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, -7.62, -29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 30.25, 255.40°)
OKLab	oklab(50.97% -0.0511 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(50.97% 0.097 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7455, 13.5276, 31.2642)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D97 #974D23

analogous

#239787 #236D97 #233397

triadic

#236D97 #97236D #6D9723

tetradic

#236D97 #872397 #974D23 #339723

square

#236D97 #872397 #974D23 #339723

split-complementary

#236D97 #972333 #978723

monochromatic

#0C2534 #174965 #236D97 #2F91C9 #5BACD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#236D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#236D97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D97

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D97	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.097 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f96b5',
    500: '#236d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d97;
$custom-light: #6f96b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.724,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50968,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D97

secondary

#BE7D58

accent

#7D42E5

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#080D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D97

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

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