#236E9D#236E9D

#236E9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.103 H 241.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E9D
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 157)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 29.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.15, -6.00, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.15, 32.45, 259.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% -0.0501 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.103 241)
XYZ	xyz(12.3525, 13.9420, 33.9318)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E9D #9D5223

analogous

#239D8F #236E9D #23319D

triadic

#236E9D #9D236E #6E9D23

tetradic

#236E9D #8F239D #9D5223 #319D23

square

#236E9D #8F239D #9D5223 #319D23

split-complementary

#236E9D #9D2331 #9D8F23

monochromatic

#0D2839 #184B6B #236E9D #2E91CF #5FABDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#236E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#236E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E9D

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E9D	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47639C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.103 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7197ba',
    500: '#236e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e9d;
$custom-light: #7197ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.115,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51541,
    "c": 0.10322,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.13944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E9D

secondary

#C0825C

accent

#8141E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E9D

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

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