#235B6E#235B6E

#235B6E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.066 H 223.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235B6E
RGB	rgb(35, 91, 110)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 17.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.92, -11.75, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.92, 20.05, 234.12°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% -0.0474 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.066 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2476, 8.9645, 16.0972)
Luminance	0.0896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235B6E #6E3623

analogous

#236E5B #235B6E #23356E

triadic

#235B6E #6E235B #5B6E23

tetradic

#235B6E #5B236E #6E3623 #356E23

square

#235B6E #5B236E #6E3623 #356E23

split-complementary

#235B6E #6E2335 #6E5B23

monochromatic

#071317 #143540 #235B6E #32819C #47A5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#235B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#235B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235B6E

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235B6E	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50596F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46516E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 91, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.066 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678997',
    500: '#235b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235b6e;
$custom-light: #678997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.2,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44275,
    "c": 0.06556,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235B6E

secondary

#A1614C

accent

#714DDB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #235B6E

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

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