#235A8E#235A8E

#235A8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.103 H 250.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235A8E
RGB	rgb(35, 90, 142)
HSL	hsl(209, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(209, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 36.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, 0.71, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 33.95, 271.19°)
OKLab	oklab(45.77% -0.035 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(45.77% 0.103 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2299, 9.6216, 26.9567)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235A8E #8E5723

analogous

#238E8D #235A8E #23248E

triadic

#235A8E #8E235A #5A8E23

tetradic

#235A8E #8D238E #8E5723 #248E23

square

#235A8E #8D238E #8E5723 #248E23

split-complementary

#235A8E #8E2324 #8E8D23

monochromatic

#0B1C2C #173B5D #235A8E #2F79BF #5697D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#235A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#235A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235A8E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235A8E	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33538D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 90, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.103 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d88af',
    500: '#235a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235a8e;
$custom-light: #6d88af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.159,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45769,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235A8E

secondary

#B98553

accent

#9244E4

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235A8E

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

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