#235B8D#235B8D

#235B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.100 H 248.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235B8D
RGB	rgb(35, 91, 141)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(208, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 35.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.41, -0.31, -32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.41, 32.93, 269.45°)
OKLab	oklab(45.95% -0.0363 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(45.95% 0.1 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2401, 9.7615, 26.5913)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235B8D #8D5523

analogous

#238D8A #235B8D #23268D

triadic

#235B8D #8D235B #5B8D23

tetradic

#235B8D #8A238D #8D5523 #268D23

square

#235B8D #8A238D #8D5523 #268D23

split-complementary

#235B8D #8D2326 #8D8A23

monochromatic

#0B1C2B #173B5C #235B8D #2F7BBE #5599D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#235B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#235B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235B8D

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235B8D	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35548C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 91, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.100 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d89ae',
    500: '#235b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235b8d;
$custom-light: #6d89ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.302,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45953,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235B8D

secondary

#B98353

accent

#8F44E3

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235B8D

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

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