#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
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 157)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, -6.60, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 32.09, 258.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% -0.0511 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.102 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4610, 14.1590, 33.9680)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##236F9D	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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