#236F9B#236F9B

#236F9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.100 H 238.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#236F9B
RGBrgb(35, 111, 155)
HSLhsl(202, 63%, 37%)
HSVhsv(202, 77%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(77.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LABlab(44.36, -7.34, -30.37)
CIE-LCHlch(44.36, 31.25, 256.41°)
OKLaboklab(51.68% -0.0517 -0.0858)
OKLCHoklch(51.68% 0.1 238.9)
XYZxyz(12.2916, 14.0913, 33.0761)
Luminance0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#236F9B #9B4F23
analogous
#239B8B #236F9B #23339B
triadic
#236F9B #9B236F #6F9B23
tetradic
#236F9B #8B239B #9B4F23 #339B23
square
#236F9B #8B239B #9B4F23 #339B23
split-complementary
#236F9B #9B2333 #9B8B23
monochromatic
#0C2737 #184B69 #236F9B #2E93CD #5EADDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50
#236F9B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82
#236F9B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F9B
5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##236F9B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##236F9B1.005.503.825.50
#FFFFFF5.501.0021.001.00
#0000003.8221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.501.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5A6F9D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4A649A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007A7E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #236f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.100 238.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7098b8',
    500: '#236f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #236f9b;
$custom-light: #7098b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#236f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51678,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#236F9B
secondary
#BF7F5A
accent
#7E42E6
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EDF2F6
border
#C8CCD0
text
#090D11
muted
#7B7E80

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#236F9B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva