#236F9D#236F9D

#236F9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.102 H 240.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#236F9D
RGBrgb(35, 111, 157)
HSLhsl(203, 64%, 38%)
HSVhsv(203, 78%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(77.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(44.46, -6.60, -31.40)
CIE-LCHlch(44.46, 32.09, 258.13°)
OKLaboklab(51.79% -0.0511 -0.0888)
OKLCHoklch(51.79% 0.102 240.1)
XYZxyz(12.4610, 14.1590, 33.9680)
Luminance0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#236F9D #9D5123
analogous
#239D8E #236F9D #23329D
triadic
#236F9D #9D236F #6F9D23
tetradic
#236F9D #8E239D #9D5123 #329D23
square
#236F9D #8E239D #9D5123 #329D23
split-complementary
#236F9D #9D2332 #9D8E23
monochromatic
#0D2839 #184C6B #236F9D #2E92CF #5FACDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48
#236F9D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83
#236F9D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F9D
5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##236F9D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##236F9D1.005.483.835.48
#FFFFFF5.481.0021.001.00
#0000003.8321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.481.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#596F9F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#49649C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007B7F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #236f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.102 240.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7198ba',
    500: '#236f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #236f9d;
$custom-light: #7198ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#236f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.623,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51787,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#236F9D
secondary
#C0825C
accent
#8041E7
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EDF2F6
border
#C8CCD0
text
#090D11
muted
#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F9D

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#236F9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva