#235A9F#235A9F

#235A9F is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.126 H 255.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235A9F
RGB	rgb(35, 90, 159)
HSL	hsl(213, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(213, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 43.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.15, 7.31, -42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.15, 43.21, 279.74°)
OKLab	oklab(46.87% -0.0308 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(46.87% 0.126 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6050, 10.1716, 34.1986)
Luminance	0.1017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235A9F #9F6823

analogous

#23989F #235A9F #2A239F

triadic

#235A9F #9F235A #5A9F23

tetradic

#235A9F #9F2398 #9F6823 #239F2A

square

#235A9F #9F2398 #9F6823 #239F2A

split-complementary

#235A9F #9F2A23 #989F23

monochromatic

#0D213B #183E6D #235A9F #2E76D1 #6097DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#235A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#235A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235A9F

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235A9F	1.00	6.92	3.03	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3860A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21559E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 90, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.126 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7188bc',
    500: '#235a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235a9f;
$custom-light: #7188bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.387,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46868,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235A9F

secondary

#C1955D

accent

#9D41E7

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #235A9F

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

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