#236E9F#236E9F

#236E9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.106 H 242.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E9F
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 159)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 30.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.25, -5.26, -32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.25, 33.33, 260.93°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% -0.0494 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.106 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5246, 14.0109, 34.8384)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E9F #9F5423

analogous

#239F92 #236E9F #23309F

triadic

#236E9F #9F236E #6E9F23

tetradic

#236E9F #92239F #9F5423 #309F23

square

#236E9F #92239F #9F5423 #309F23

split-complementary

#236E9F #9F2330 #9F9223

monochromatic

#0D293B #184B6D #236E9F #2E91D1 #60ABDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#236E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#236E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E9F

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E9F	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46639E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.106 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7197bb',
    500: '#236e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e9f;
$custom-light: #7197bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.71,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51651,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E9F

secondary

#C1845D

accent

#8241E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E9F

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

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