#236E8A#236E8A

#236E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.084 H 227.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E8A
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.28, -12.91, -21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.28, 25.47, 239.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.56% -0.057 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(50.56% 0.084 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8546, 13.3429, 26.0432)
Luminance	0.1334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E8A #8A3F23

analogous

#238A73 #236E8A #233A8A

triadic

#236E8A #8A236E #6E8A23

tetradic

#236E8A #73238A #8A3F23 #3A8A23

square

#236E8A #73238A #8A3F23 #3A8A23

split-complementary

#236E8A #8A233A #8A7323

monochromatic

#0A2028 #174759 #236E8A #2F95BB #54B1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#236E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#236E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E8A

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E8A	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.084 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97ac',
    500: '#236e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e8a;
$custom-light: #6d97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.311,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50557,
    "c": 0.08385,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E8A

secondary

#B76D51

accent

#7045E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E8A

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

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