#236EC1#236EC1

#236EC1 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.148 H 254.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236EC1
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 193)
HSL	hsl(212, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(212, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 43%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 7.69, -49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 50.39, 278.78°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% -0.0404 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.148 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.8911, 15.3575, 52.5685)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236EC1 #C17623

analogous

#23BDC1 #236EC1 #2723C1

triadic

#236EC1 #C1236E #6EC123

tetradic

#236EC1 #C123BD #C17623 #23C127

square

#236EC1 #C123BD #C17623 #23C127

split-complementary

#236EC1 #C12723 #BDC123

monochromatic

#103359 #1A508D #236EC1 #448DDD #78ACE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#236EC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#236EC1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236EC1

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236EC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236EC1	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4475C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2567BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236ec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.148 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7897d4',
    500: '#236ec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236ec1;
$custom-light: #7897d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236ec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.519,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53728,
    "c": 0.1483,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236EC1

secondary

#CEA272

accent

#983CEC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FA

border

#CACCD3

text

#0A0D14

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #236EC1

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

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