#236D9C#236D9C

#236D9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.103 H 241.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D9C
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 156)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 30.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.79, -5.77, -31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.79, 32.38, 259.73°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% -0.0494 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.103 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1602, 13.6935, 33.4483)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D9C #9C5223

analogous

#239C8F #236D9C #23309C

triadic

#236D9C #9C236D #6D9C23

tetradic

#236D9C #8F239C #9C5223 #309C23

square

#236D9C #8F239C #9C5223 #309C23

split-complementary

#236D9C #9C2330 #9C8F23

monochromatic

#0D2738 #184A6A #236D9C #2E90CE #5EABDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#236D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#236D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D9C

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D9C	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46629B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.103 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7096b9',
    500: '#236d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d9c;
$custom-light: #7096b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.306,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5124,
    "c": 0.10286,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D9C

secondary

#C0825B

accent

#8141E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D9C

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

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