#235A9E#235A9E

#235A9E is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.124 H 255.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235A9E
RGB	rgb(35, 90, 158)
HSL	hsl(213, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(213, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 43%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.09, 6.92, -42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.09, 42.66, 279.34°)
OKLab	oklab(46.8% -0.031 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(46.8% 0.124 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5186, 10.1371, 33.7434)
Luminance	0.1014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235A9E #9E6723

analogous

#23979E #235A9E #2A239E

triadic

#235A9E #9E235A #5A9E23

tetradic

#235A9E #9E2397 #9E6723 #239E2A

square

#235A9E #9E2397 #9E6723 #239E2A

split-complementary

#235A9E #9E2A23 #979E23

monochromatic

#0D213A #183D6C #235A9E #2E77D0 #6097DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#235A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#235A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235A9E

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235A9E	1.00	6.94	3.03	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3860A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22549D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 90, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.124 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7088bb',
    500: '#235a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235a9e;
$custom-light: #7088bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.171,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.468,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235A9E

secondary

#C1945C

accent

#9D41E7

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #235A9E

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

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