#235B8F#235B8F

#235B8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.103 H 249.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235B8F
RGB	rgb(35, 91, 143)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(209, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 36.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.52, 0.45, -33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.52, 33.97, 270.76°)
OKLab	oklab(46.07% -0.0357 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(46.07% 0.103 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.3903, 9.8216, 27.3821)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235B8F #8F5723

analogous

#238F8D #235B8F #23258F

triadic

#235B8F #8F235B #5B8F23

tetradic

#235B8F #8D238F #8F5723 #258F23

square

#235B8F #8D238F #8F5723 #258F23

split-complementary

#235B8F #8F2325 #8F8D23

monochromatic

#0B1C2D #173C5E #235B8F #2F7AC0 #5799D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#235B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#235B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235B8F

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235B8F	1.00	7.08	2.96	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#435E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33548E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 91, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.103 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d89b0',
    500: '#235b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235b8f;
$custom-light: #6d89b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.889,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46074,
    "c": 0.10297,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235B8F

secondary

#BA8554

accent

#9144E4

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF5

border

#C8CACF

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235B8F

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

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