#236FD4#236FD4

#236FD4 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.172 H 257.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236FD4
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 212)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(214, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 47.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 14.38, -58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 60.06, 283.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% -0.0376 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.172 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2568, 16.4774, 64.4928)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236FD4 #D48823

analogous

#23C7D4 #236FD4 #2F23D4

triadic

#236FD4 #D4236F #6FD423

tetradic

#236FD4 #D423C7 #D48823 #23D42F

square

#236FD4 #D423C7 #D48823 #23D42F

split-complementary

#236FD4 #D42F23 #C7D423

monochromatic

#12386B #1A539F #236FD4 #5290E2 #86B2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#236FD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#236FD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236FD4

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236FD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236FD4	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3579D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236fd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.172 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c97e2',
    500: '#236fd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236fd4;
$custom-light: #7c97e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236fd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.237,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55251,
    "c": 0.17191,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236FD4

secondary

#D4AF7E

accent

#A139EE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0B0D15

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #236FD4

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

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