#235A7B#235A7B

#235A7B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.079 H 238.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235A7B
RGB	rgb(35, 90, 123)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(203, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.17, -6.47, -23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.17, 24.73, 254.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.67% -0.0411 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(44.67% 0.079 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9231, 9.0989, 20.0737)
Luminance	0.0910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235A7B #7B4423

analogous

#237B70 #235A7B #232E7B

triadic

#235A7B #7B235A #5A7B23

tetradic

#235A7B #70237B #7B4423 #2E7B23

square

#235A7B #70237B #7B4423 #2E7B23

split-complementary

#235A7B #7B232E #7B7023

monochromatic

#08141C #15374B #235A7B #317DAB #4C9CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#235A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#235A7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235A7B

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235A7B	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F517A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 90, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.079 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6988a1',
    500: '#235a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235a7b;
$custom-light: #6988a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44674,
    "c": 0.07882,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235A7B

secondary

#AE714C

accent

#8149DF

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECEFF2

border

#C7CACC

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #235A7B

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

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