#236DD4#236DD4

#236DD4 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.174 H 258.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236DD4
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 212)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(215, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 48.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 15.65, -59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 61.25, 284.80°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% -0.0362 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.174 258)
XYZ	xyz(18.0411, 16.0458, 64.4209)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236DD4 #D48A23

analogous

#23C5D4 #236DD4 #3123D4

triadic

#236DD4 #D4236D #6DD423

tetradic

#236DD4 #D423C5 #D48A23 #23D431

square

#236DD4 #D423C5 #D48A23 #23D431

split-complementary

#236DD4 #D43123 #C5D423

monochromatic

#12376B #1A529F #236DD4 #528EE2 #86B0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#236DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#236DD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236DD4

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236DD4	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F78D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.174 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c96e2',
    500: '#236dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236dd4;
$custom-light: #7c96e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.915,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5482,
    "c": 0.17424,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.16048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236DD4

secondary

#D4B07E

accent

#A339EE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0B0D15

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #236DD4

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

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