#235A8B#235A8B

#235A8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.099 H 248.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235A8B
RGB	rgb(35, 90, 139)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(208, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 35.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.99, -0.44, -32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.99, 32.38, 269.21°)
OKLab	oklab(45.59% -0.0359 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(45.59% 0.099 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0077, 9.5327, 25.7864)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235A8B #8B5423

analogous

#238B88 #235A8B #23268B

triadic

#235A8B #8B235A #5A8B23

tetradic

#235A8B #88238B #8B5423 #268B23

square

#235A8B #88238B #8B5423 #268B23

split-complementary

#235A8B #8B2326 #8B8823

monochromatic

#0A1B29 #173A5A #235A8B #2F7ABC #5498D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#235A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#235A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235A8B

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235A8B	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35538A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 90, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.099 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c88ad',
    500: '#235a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235a8b;
$custom-light: #6c88ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.269,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45587,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235A8B

secondary

#B88252

accent

#8F45E3

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235A8B

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

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