#236E96#236E96

#236E96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.095 H 236.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E96
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 150)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(201, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 26.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.81, -8.59, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.81, 29.54, 253.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% -0.0525 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.095 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7719, 13.7098, 30.8741)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E96 #964B23

analogous

#239685 #236E96 #233496

triadic

#236E96 #96236E #6E9623

tetradic

#236E96 #852396 #964B23 #349623

square

#236E96 #852396 #964B23 #349623

split-complementary

#236E96 #962334 #968523

monochromatic

#0C2533 #174A64 #236E96 #2F92C8 #5BADD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#236E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#236E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E96

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E96	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.095 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f97b5',
    500: '#236e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e96;
$custom-light: #6f97b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51164,
    "c": 0.09546,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E96

secondary

#BD7B58

accent

#7B43E5

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#080D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E96

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

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