#236D9D#236D9D

#236D9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.104 H 241.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D9D
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 157)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 30.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.84, -5.40, -32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.84, 32.82, 260.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.3% -0.0491 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(51.3% 0.104 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2452, 13.7275, 33.8960)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D9D #9D5323

analogous

#239D90 #236D9D #23309D

triadic

#236D9D #9D236D #6D9D23

tetradic

#236D9D #90239D #9D5323 #309D23

square

#236D9D #90239D #9D5323 #309D23

split-complementary

#236D9D #9D2330 #9D9023

monochromatic

#0D2839 #184A6B #236D9D #2E90CF #5FAADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#236D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#236D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D9D

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D9D	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46639C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.104 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7096ba',
    500: '#236d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d9d;
$custom-light: #7096ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.607,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51295,
    "c": 0.10401,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D9D

secondary

#C0835C

accent

#8241E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D9D

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

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