#236E9A#236E9A

#236E9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.100 H 239.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E9A
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 154)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(202, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 28.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, -7.11, -30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 31.16, 256.81°)
OKLab	oklab(51.38% -0.0511 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(51.38% 0.1 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0995, 13.8408, 32.5994)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E9A #9A4F23

analogous

#239A8B #236E9A #23329A

triadic

#236E9A #9A236E #6E9A23

tetradic

#236E9A #8B239A #9A4F23 #329A23

square

#236E9A #8B239A #9A4F23 #329A23

split-complementary

#236E9A #9A2332 #9A8B23

monochromatic

#0C2736 #184A68 #236E9A #2E92CC #5DACDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#236E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#236E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E9A

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E9A	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.100 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7097b8',
    500: '#236e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e9a;
$custom-light: #7097b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.185,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51377,
    "c": 0.09983,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E9A

secondary

#BF7F5A

accent

#7F42E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E9A

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

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