#236E8B#236E8B

#236E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.085 H 228.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E8B
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 139)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.32, -12.56, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.32, 25.75, 240.81°)
OKLab	oklab(50.61% -0.0566 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(50.61% 0.085 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9274, 13.3720, 26.4262)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E8B #8B4023

analogous

#238B74 #236E8B #233A8B

triadic

#236E8B #8B236E #6E8B23

tetradic

#236E8B #74238B #8B4023 #3A8B23

square

#236E8B #74238B #8B4023 #3A8B23

split-complementary

#236E8B #8B233A #8B7423

monochromatic

#0A2129 #17475A #236E8B #2F95BC #54B0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#236E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#236E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E8B

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E8B	1.00	5.71	3.67	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.085 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97ad',
    500: '#236e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e8b;
$custom-light: #6d97ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.731,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50605,
    "c": 0.08472,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E8B

secondary

#B86E52

accent

#7145E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E8B

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

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