#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
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 153)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(202, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 28.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, -7.48, -29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 30.75, 255.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.32% -0.0514 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(51.32% 0.099 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0166, 13.8077, 32.1626)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##236E99	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #236E99

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

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