#236F8A#236F8A

#236F8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.084 H 226.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F8A
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 138)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, -13.49, -21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 25.34, 237.85°)
OKLab	oklab(50.81% -0.058 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(50.81% 0.084 226)
XYZ	xyz(10.9631, 13.5599, 26.0794)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F8A #8A3E23

analogous

#238A72 #236F8A #233C8A

triadic

#236F8A #8A236F #6F8A23

tetradic

#236F8A #72238A #8A3E23 #3C8A23

square

#236F8A #72238A #8A3E23 #3C8A23

split-complementary

#236F8A #8A233C #8A7223

monochromatic

#0A2028 #174859 #236F8A #2F96BB #54B2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#236F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#236F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F8A

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F8A	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52638A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.084 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d98ac',
    500: '#236f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f8a;
$custom-light: #6d98ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.728,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50812,
    "c": 0.08354,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.13561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F8A

secondary

#B76C51

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F8A

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

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