#235D85#235D85

#235D85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.088 H 242.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235D85
RGB	rgb(35, 93, 133)
HSL	hsl(204, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 30.1%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.62, -4.60, -27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.62, 28.11, 260.58°)
OKLab	oklab(45.98% -0.0409 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(45.98% 0.088 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8395, 9.8785, 23.6266)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235D85 #854B23

analogous

#23857C #235D85 #232C85

triadic

#235D85 #85235D #5D8523

tetradic

#235D85 #7C2385 #854B23 #2C8523

square

#235D85 #7C2385 #854B23 #2C8523

split-complementary

#235D85 #85232C #857C23

monochromatic

#091924 #163B55 #235D85 #307FB5 #519DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#235D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#235D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235D85

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235D85	1.00	7.06	2.98	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 93, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.088 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8aa8',
    500: '#235d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235d85;
$custom-light: #6b8aa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.49,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45983,
    "c": 0.08839,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235D85

secondary

#B5794F

accent

#8646E2

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235D85

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

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