#236F9E#236F9E

#236F9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.104 H 240.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F9E
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 158)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 29.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.51, -6.23, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.51, 32.52, 258.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.84% -0.0507 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(51.84% 0.104 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5467, 14.1933, 34.4194)
Luminance	0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F9E #9E5223

analogous

#239E90 #236F9E #23319E

triadic

#236F9E #9E236F #6F9E23

tetradic

#236F9E #90239E #9E5223 #319E23

square

#236F9E #90239E #9E5223 #319E23

split-complementary

#236F9E #9E2331 #9E9023

monochromatic

#0D293A #184C6C #236F9E #2E92D0 #60ACDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#236F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#236F9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F9E

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F9E	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5970A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48649D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.104 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7198bb',
    500: '#236f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f9e;
$custom-light: #7198bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.927,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51841,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F9E

secondary

#C1835C

accent

#8041E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F9E

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

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