#236D9F#236D9F

#236D9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.106 H 242.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D9F
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 159)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 31.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.94, -4.65, -33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.94, 33.72, 262.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% -0.0485 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.106 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4173, 13.7963, 34.8027)
Luminance	0.1380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D9F #9F5523

analogous

#239F93 #236D9F #232F9F

triadic

#236D9F #9F236D #6D9F23

tetradic

#236D9F #93239F #9F5523 #2F9F23

square

#236D9F #93239F #9F5523 #2F9F23

split-complementary

#236D9F #9F232F #9F9323

monochromatic

#0D283B #184B6D #236D9F #2E8FD1 #60AADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#236D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#236D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D9F

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D9F	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45639E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.106 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7196bb',
    500: '#236d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d9f;
$custom-light: #7196bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.194,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51407,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D9F

secondary

#C1855D

accent

#8441E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D9F

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

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