#236D9E#236D9E

#236D9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.105 H 242.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D9E
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 158)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 31%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, -5.03, -32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 33.27, 261.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% -0.0488 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.105 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3309, 13.7618, 34.3475)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D9E #9E5423

analogous

#239E91 #236D9E #23309E

triadic

#236D9E #9E236D #6D9E23

tetradic

#236D9E #91239E #9E5423 #309E23

square

#236D9E #91239E #9E5423 #309E23

split-complementary

#236D9E #9E2330 #9E9123

monochromatic

#0D283A #184A6C #236D9E #2E90D0 #60AADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#236D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#236D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D9E

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D9E	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45639D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.105 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7196bb',
    500: '#236d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d9e;
$custom-light: #7196bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.902,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51351,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D9E

secondary

#C1845C

accent

#8341E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D9E

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

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