#235A8F#235A8F

#235A8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.104 H 250.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235A8F
RGB	rgb(35, 90, 143)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(209, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 37.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.21, 1.09, -34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.21, 34.47, 271.82°)
OKLab	oklab(45.83% -0.0347 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(45.83% 0.104 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3054, 9.6518, 27.3538)
Luminance	0.0965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235A8F #8F5823

analogous

#238F8E #235A8F #23248F

triadic

#235A8F #8F235A #5A8F23

tetradic

#235A8F #8E238F #8F5823 #248F23

square

#235A8F #8E238F #8F5823 #248F23

split-complementary

#235A8F #8F2324 #8F8E23

monochromatic

#0B1C2D #173B5E #235A8F #2F79C0 #5797D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#235A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#235A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235A8F

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235A8F	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32538E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 90, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.104 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d88b0',
    500: '#235a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235a8f;
$custom-light: #6d88b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.444,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45831,
    "c": 0.10401,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235A8F

secondary

#BA8654

accent

#9244E4

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF5

border

#C8CACF

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235A8F

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

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