#235B8E#235B8E

#235B8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.102 H 249.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235B8E
RGB	rgb(35, 91, 142)
HSL	hsl(209, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(209, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 35.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.47, 0.07, -33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.47, 33.45, 270.12°)
OKLab	oklab(46.01% -0.036 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(46.01% 0.102 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3149, 9.7914, 26.9850)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235B8E #8E5623

analogous

#238E8C #235B8E #23268E

triadic

#235B8E #8E235B #5B8E23

tetradic

#235B8E #8C238E #8E5623 #268E23

square

#235B8E #8C238E #8E5623 #268E23

split-complementary

#235B8E #8E2326 #8E8C23

monochromatic

#0B1C2C #173C5D #235B8E #2F7ABF #5699D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#235B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#235B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235B8E

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235B8E	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34548D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 91, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.102 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d89af',
    500: '#235b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235b8e;
$custom-light: #6d89af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.598,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46013,
    "c": 0.10166,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235B8E

secondary

#B98453

accent

#9044E4

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235B8E

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

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