#236E9C#236E9C

#236E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.102 H 240.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E9C
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 156)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 29.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.10, -6.37, -31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.10, 32.02, 258.52°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% -0.0504 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.102 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2675, 13.9080, 33.4840)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E9C #9C5123

analogous

#239C8E #236E9C #23319C

triadic

#236E9C #9C236E #6E9C23

tetradic

#236E9C #8E239C #9C5123 #319C23

square

#236E9C #8E239C #9C5123 #319C23

split-complementary

#236E9C #9C2331 #9C8E23

monochromatic

#0D2838 #184B6A #236E9C #2E91CE #5EACDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#236E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#236E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E9C

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E9C	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48639B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.102 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7097b9',
    500: '#236e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e9c;
$custom-light: #7097b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.81,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51486,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E9C

secondary

#C0815B

accent

#8041E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E9C

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

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