#235B8B#235B8B

#235B8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.098 H 247.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235B8B
RGB	rgb(35, 91, 139)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(208, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 34.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.30, -1.08, -31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.30, 31.90, 268.06°)
OKLab	oklab(45.83% -0.0369 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(45.83% 0.098 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0927, 9.7026, 25.8147)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235B8B #8B5323

analogous

#238B87 #235B8B #23278B

triadic

#235B8B #8B235B #5B8B23

tetradic

#235B8B #87238B #8B5323 #278B23

square

#235B8B #87238B #8B5323 #278B23

split-complementary

#235B8B #8B2327 #8B8723

monochromatic

#0A1B29 #173B5A #235B8B #2F7BBC #5499D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#235B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#235B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235B8B

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235B8B	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#455D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36538A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 91, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.098 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c89ad',
    500: '#235b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235b8b;
$custom-light: #6c89ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45833,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235B8B

secondary

#B88152

accent

#8E45E3

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235B8B

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

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