#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
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 155)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(202, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, -7.34, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 31.25, 256.41°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% -0.0517 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.1 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2916, 14.0913, 33.0761)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##236F9B	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F9B

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

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