#236F9C#236F9C

#236F9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.101 H 239.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F9C
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 156)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(202, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 28.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, -6.97, -30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 31.66, 257.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% -0.0514 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.101 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.3760, 14.1250, 33.5202)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F9C #9C5023

analogous

#239C8D #236F9C #23329C

triadic

#236F9C #9C236F #6F9C23

tetradic

#236F9C #8D239C #9C5023 #329C23

square

#236F9C #8D239C #9C5023 #329C23

split-complementary

#236F9C #9C2332 #9C8D23

monochromatic

#0D2838 #184B6A #236F9C #2E93CE #5EADDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#236F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#236F9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F9C

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F9C	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49649B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.101 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7098b9',
    500: '#236f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f9c;
$custom-light: #7098b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.314,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51732,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F9C

secondary

#C0805B

accent

#7F41E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F9C

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

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