#235B85#235B85

#235B85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.090 H 244.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235B85
RGB	rgb(35, 91, 133)
HSL	hsl(206, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(206, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 31.6%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.99, -3.36, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.99, 28.92, 263.33°)
OKLab	oklab(45.48% -0.0388 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(45.48% 0.09 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6662, 9.5320, 23.5689)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235B85 #854D23

analogous

#23857E #235B85 #232A85

triadic

#235B85 #85235B #5B8523

tetradic

#235B85 #7E2385 #854D23 #2A8523

square

#235B85 #7E2385 #854D23 #2A8523

split-complementary

#235B85 #85232A #857E23

monochromatic

#091924 #163A55 #235B85 #307CB5 #519AD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#235B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#235B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235B85

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235B85	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#485C87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 91, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.090 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b89a8',
    500: '#235b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235b85;
$custom-light: #6b89a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45482,
    "c": 0.09006,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235B85

secondary

#B57B4F

accent

#8946E2

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235B85

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

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