#236E9E#236E9E

#236E9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.104 H 241.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E9E
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 158)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 30.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, -5.63, -32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 32.89, 260.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.6% -0.0498 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(51.6% 0.104 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4382, 13.9763, 34.3833)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E9E #9E5323

analogous

#239E91 #236E9E #23309E

triadic

#236E9E #9E236E #6E9E23

tetradic

#236E9E #91239E #9E5323 #309E23

square

#236E9E #91239E #9E5323 #309E23

split-complementary

#236E9E #9E2330 #9E9123

monochromatic

#0D283A #184B6C #236E9E #2E91D0 #60ABDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#236E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#236E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E9E

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E9E	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47639D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.104 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7197bb',
    500: '#236e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e9e;
$custom-light: #7197bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.415,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51596,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E9E

secondary

#C1835C

accent

#8241E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E9E

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

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