#236F9F#236F9F

#236F9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.105 H 241.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F9F
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 159)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 30.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, -5.86, -32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 32.95, 259.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.9% -0.0504 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(51.9% 0.105 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6331, 14.2279, 34.8746)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F9F #9F5323

analogous

#239F91 #236F9F #23319F

triadic

#236F9F #9F236F #6F9F23

tetradic

#236F9F #91239F #9F5323 #319F23

square

#236F9F #91239F #9F5323 #319F23

split-complementary

#236F9F #9F2331 #9F9123

monochromatic

#0D293B #184C6D #236F9F #2E92D1 #60ACDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#236F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#236F9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F9F

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F9F	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5970A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48649E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.105 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7198bb',
    500: '#236f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f9f;
$custom-light: #7198bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.226,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51896,
    "c": 0.10474,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F9F

secondary

#C1845D

accent

#8141E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F9F

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

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