#236E99#236E99

#236E99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.099 H 238.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#236E99
RGBrgb(35, 110, 153)
HSLhsl(202, 63%, 37%)
HSVhsv(202, 77%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(77.1%, 28.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(43.96, -7.48, -29.82)
CIE-LCHlch(43.96, 30.75, 255.92°)
OKLaboklab(51.32% -0.0514 -0.0843)
OKLCHoklch(51.32% 0.099 238.6)
XYZxyz(12.0166, 13.8077, 32.1626)
Luminance0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#236E99 #994E23
analogous
#239989 #236E99 #233399
triadic
#236E99 #99236E #6E9923
tetradic
#236E99 #892399 #994E23 #339923
square
#236E99 #892399 #994E23 #339923
split-complementary
#236E99 #992333 #998923
monochromatic
#0C2635 #184A67 #236E99 #2E92CB #5DACDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58
#236E99 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76
#236E99 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E99
5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##236E99#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##236E991.005.583.765.58
#FFFFFF5.581.0021.001.00
#0000003.7621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.581.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5A6E9B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4A6398
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00797D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #236e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.099 238.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7097b7',
    500: '#236e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #236e99;
$custom-light: #7097b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#236e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.864,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51323,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#236E99
secondary
#BE7E59
accent
#7E42E6
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EDF2F6
border
#C8CCD0
text
#090D11
muted
#7B7E80

Preview Lab

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#236E99 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva