#236D9A#236D9A

#236D9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.101 H 240.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D9A
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 154)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(203, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 29.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.69, -6.52, -30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.69, 31.51, 258.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.13% -0.0501 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(51.13% 0.101 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9922, 13.6263, 32.5637)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D9A #9A5023

analogous

#239A8C #236D9A #23329A

triadic

#236D9A #9A236D #6D9A23

tetradic

#236D9A #8C239A #9A5023 #329A23

square

#236D9A #8C239A #9A5023 #329A23

split-complementary

#236D9A #9A2332 #9A8C23

monochromatic

#0C2636 #184A68 #236D9A #2E90CC #5DABDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#236D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#236D9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D9A

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D9A	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.101 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7096b8',
    500: '#236d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d9a;
$custom-light: #7096b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.689,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5113,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D9A

secondary

#BF805A

accent

#8042E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D9A

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

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