#236E8F#236E8F

#236E8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.088 H 231.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E8F
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 143)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 23.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.49, -11.13, -24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.49, 27.00, 245.66°)
OKLab	oklab(50.8% -0.055 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(50.8% 0.088 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2250, 13.4910, 27.9937)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E8F #8F4423

analogous

#238F7A #236E8F #23388F

triadic

#236E8F #8F236E #6E8F23

tetradic

#236E8F #7A238F #8F4423 #388F23

square

#236E8F #7A238F #8F4423 #388F23

split-complementary

#236E8F #8F2338 #8F7A23

monochromatic

#0B222D #17485E #236E8F #2F94C0 #57AFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#236E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#236E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E8F

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E8F	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F628F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.088 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e97b0',
    500: '#236e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e8f;
$custom-light: #6e97b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50803,
    "c": 0.08837,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E8F

secondary

#BA7354

accent

#7544E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E8F

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

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