#235A80#235A80

#235A80 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.085 H 242.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235A80
RGB	rgb(35, 90, 128)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(205, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 29.7%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, -4.61, -26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 26.96, 260.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.95% -0.0394 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(44.95% 0.085 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2441, 9.2273, 21.7644)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235A80 #804923

analogous

#238078 #235A80 #232C80

triadic

#235A80 #80235A #5A8023

tetradic

#235A80 #782380 #804923 #2C8023

square

#235A80 #782380 #804923 #2C8023

split-complementary

#235A80 #80232C #807823

monochromatic

#091620 #163850 #235A80 #307CB0 #4F9ACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#235A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#235A80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235A80

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235A80	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C527F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 90, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.085 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a88a5',
    500: '#235a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235a80;
$custom-light: #6a88a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.516,
    "s": 57.055,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44948,
    "c": 0.08472,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235A80

secondary

#B2764D

accent

#8647E0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235A80

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

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