#236F8D#236F8D

#236F8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.086 H 228.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F8D
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 141)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.72, -12.42, -23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.72, 26.18, 241.68°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% -0.0568 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.086 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1833, 13.6480, 27.2391)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F8D #8D4123

analogous

#238D76 #236F8D #233A8D

triadic

#236F8D #8D236F #6F8D23

tetradic

#236F8D #76238D #8D4123 #3A8D23

square

#236F8D #76238D #8D4123 #3A8D23

split-complementary

#236F8D #8D233A #8D7623

monochromatic

#0B222B #17485C #236F8D #2F96BE #55B1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#236F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#236F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F8D

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F8D	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51638D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.086 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e98ae',
    500: '#236f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f8d;
$custom-light: #6e98ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.981,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50958,
    "c": 0.0861,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F8D

secondary

#B97053

accent

#7144E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F8D

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

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