#235B6F#235B6F

#235B6F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.066 H 225.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235B6F
RGB	rgb(35, 91, 111)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 18%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.96, -11.40, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.96, 20.30, 235.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.32% -0.047 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(44.32% 0.066 225)
XYZ	xyz(7.3023, 8.9864, 16.3856)
Luminance	0.0899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235B6F #6F3723

analogous

#236F5D #235B6F #23356F

triadic

#235B6F #6F235B #5B6F23

tetradic

#235B6F #5D236F #6F3723 #356F23

square

#235B6F #5D236F #6F3723 #356F23

split-complementary

#235B6F #6F2335 #6F5D23

monochromatic

#071317 #143540 #235B6F #32819E #47A4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#235B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#235B6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235B6F

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235B6F	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45516F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 91, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.066 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688998',
    500: '#235b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235b6f;
$custom-light: #688998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44323,
    "c": 0.06637,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.08987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235B6F

secondary

#A2624C

accent

#724CDB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #235B6F

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

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