#236F8E#236F8E

#236F8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.087 H 229.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F8E
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 142)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 21.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.77, -12.06, -23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.77, 26.48, 242.90°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% -0.0564 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.087 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2581, 13.6779, 27.6327)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F8E #8E4223

analogous

#238E78 #236F8E #233A8E

triadic

#236F8E #8E236F #6F8E23

tetradic

#236F8E #78238E #8E4223 #3A8E23

square

#236F8E #78238E #8E4223 #3A8E23

split-complementary

#236F8E #8E233A #8E7823

monochromatic

#0B222C #17495D #236F8E #2F95BF #56B0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#236F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#236F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F8E

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F8E	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51638E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.087 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e98af',
    500: '#236f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f8e;
$custom-light: #6e98af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.383,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51007,
    "c": 0.087,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F8E

secondary

#B97153

accent

#7244E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F8E

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

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