#236F8F#236F8F

#236F8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.088 H 230.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F8F
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 143)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 22.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.81, -11.71, -24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.81, 26.80, 244.10°)
OKLab	oklab(51.06% -0.0561 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(51.06% 0.088 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3335, 13.7080, 28.0299)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F8F #8F4323

analogous

#238F79 #236F8F #23398F

triadic

#236F8F #8F236F #6F8F23

tetradic

#236F8F #79238F #8F4323 #398F23

square

#236F8F #79238F #8F4323 #398F23

split-complementary

#236F8F #8F2339 #8F7923

monochromatic

#0B232D #17495E #236F8F #2F95C0 #57B0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#236F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#236F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F8F

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F8F	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50638F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.088 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e98b0',
    500: '#236f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f8f;
$custom-light: #6e98b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51057,
    "c": 0.08792,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F8F

secondary

#BA7254

accent

#7344E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F8F

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

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