#236F8B#236F8B

#236F8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.084 H 226.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F8B
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 139)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.64, -13.13, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.64, 25.61, 239.15°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% -0.0576 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.084 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0359, 13.5890, 26.4624)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F8B #8B3F23

analogous

#238B73 #236F8B #233B8B

triadic

#236F8B #8B236F #6F8B23

tetradic

#236F8B #73238B #8B3F23 #3B8B23

square

#236F8B #73238B #8B3F23 #3B8B23

split-complementary

#236F8B #8B233B #8B7323

monochromatic

#0A2129 #17485A #236F8B #2F96BC #54B2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#236F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#236F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F8B

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F8B	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52638B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.084 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d98ad',
    500: '#236f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f8b;
$custom-light: #6d98ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50861,
    "c": 0.08438,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F8B

secondary

#B86D52

accent

#6F45E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F8B

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

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