#235A8A#235A8A

#235A8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.097 H 248.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235A8A
RGB	rgb(35, 90, 138)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(208, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 34.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, -0.83, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 31.86, 268.51°)
OKLab	oklab(45.53% -0.0362 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(45.53% 0.097 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9350, 9.5036, 25.4033)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235A8A #8A5323

analogous

#238A87 #235A8A #23278A

triadic

#235A8A #8A235A #5A8A23

tetradic

#235A8A #87238A #8A5323 #278A23

square

#235A8A #87238A #8A5323 #278A23

split-complementary

#235A8A #8A2327 #8A8723

monochromatic

#0A1A28 #173A59 #235A8A #2F7ABB #5498D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#235A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#235A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235A8A

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235A8A	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 90, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.097 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c88ac',
    500: '#235a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235a8a;
$custom-light: #6c88ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.961,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45527,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235A8A

secondary

#B78151

accent

#8F45E3

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235A8A

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

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