#236E8D#236E8D

#236E8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.086 H 229.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E8D
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 141)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 22%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.41, -11.85, -23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.41, 26.35, 243.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.7% -0.0558 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(50.7% 0.087 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.0748, 13.4310, 27.2029)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E8D #8D4223

analogous

#238D77 #236E8D #23398D

triadic

#236E8D #8D236E #6E8D23

tetradic

#236E8D #77238D #8D4223 #398D23

square

#236E8D #77238D #8D4223 #398D23

split-complementary

#236E8D #8D2339 #8D7723

monochromatic

#0B222B #17485C #236E8D #2F94BE #55B0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#236E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#236E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E8D

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E8D	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50628D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.086 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e97ae',
    500: '#236e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e8d;
$custom-light: #6e97ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.547,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50704,
    "c": 0.0865,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E8D

secondary

#B97153

accent

#7344E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E8D

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

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