#235BA8#235BA8

#235BA8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.137 H 257.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#235BA8
RGBrgb(35, 91, 168)
HSLhsl(215, 66%, 40%)
HSVhsv(215, 79%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(79.2%, 45.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(39.01, 10.18, -46.57)
CIE-LCHlch(39.01, 47.67, 282.33°)
OKLaboklab(47.72% -0.0298 -0.1336)
OKLCHoklch(47.72% 0.137 257.4)
XYZxyz(11.4995, 10.6653, 38.4907)
Luminance0.1067 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#235BA8 #A87023
analogous
#239DA8 #235BA8 #2E23A8
triadic
#235BA8 #A8235B #5BA823
tetradic
#235BA8 #A8239D #A87023 #23A82E
square
#235BA8 #A8239D #A87023 #23A82E
split-complementary
#235BA8 #A82E23 #9DA823
monochromatic
#0E2443 #184075 #235BA8 #3477D5 #6699DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70
#235BA8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13
#235BA8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235BA8
6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##235BA8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##235BA81.006.703.136.70
#FFFFFF6.701.0021.001.00
#0000003.1321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.701.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3262AB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1456A6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006D79
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #235ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 91, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.137 257.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7388c2',
    500: '#235ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #235ba8;
$custom-light: #7388c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#235ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.737,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47718,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#235BA8
secondary
#C59B62
accent
#A13FE8
background
#F7F8FC
surface
#EEEFF8
border
#C9CAD1
text
#090B12
muted
#7B7C81

Preview Lab

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#235BA8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva