#235D86#235D86

#235D86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.090 H 243.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235D86
RGB	rgb(35, 93, 134)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 30.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.67, -4.23, -28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.67, 28.57, 261.49°)
OKLab	oklab(46.04% -0.0405 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(46.04% 0.09 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9089, 9.9063, 23.9922)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235D86 #864C23

analogous

#23867D #235D86 #232C86

triadic

#235D86 #86235D #5D8623

tetradic

#235D86 #7D2386 #864C23 #2C8623

square

#235D86 #7D2386 #864C23 #2C8623

split-complementary

#235D86 #86232C #867D23

monochromatic

#0A1A25 #163B55 #235D86 #307FB7 #529DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#235D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#235D86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235D86

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235D86	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 93, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.090 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8aa9',
    500: '#235d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235d86;
$custom-light: #6c8aa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.848,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4604,
    "c": 0.0896,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235D86

secondary

#B57A4F

accent

#8746E2

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235D86

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

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