#235C85#235C85

#235C85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.089 H 243.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235C85
RGB	rgb(35, 92, 133)
HSL	hsl(205, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 30.8%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, -3.98, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 28.51, 261.97°)
OKLab	oklab(45.73% -0.0398 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(45.73% 0.089 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7523, 9.7041, 23.5976)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235C85 #854C23

analogous

#23857D #235C85 #232B85

triadic

#235C85 #85235C #5C8523

tetradic

#235C85 #7D2385 #854C23 #2B8523

square

#235C85 #7D2385 #854C23 #2B8523

split-complementary

#235C85 #85232B #857D23

monochromatic

#091924 #163A55 #235C85 #307EB5 #519CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#235C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#235C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235C85

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235C85	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)

#495D87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 92, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.089 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8aa8',
    500: '#235c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235c85;
$custom-light: #6b8aa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.102,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45732,
    "c": 0.08921,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235C85

secondary

#B57A4F

accent

#8746E2

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235C85

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

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