#235D8F#235D8F

#235D8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.101 H 248.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#235D8F
RGBrgb(35, 93, 143)
HSLhsl(208, 61%, 35%)
HSVhsv(208, 76%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(75.5%, 35%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LABlab(38.14, -0.82, -32.98)
CIE-LCHlch(38.14, 32.99, 268.58°)
OKLaboklab(46.56% -0.0377 -0.0937)
OKLCHoklch(46.56% 0.101 248.1)
XYZxyz(9.5635, 10.1681, 27.4399)
Luminance0.1017 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#235D8F #8F5523
analogous
#238F8B #235D8F #23278F
triadic
#235D8F #8F235D #5D8F23
tetradic
#235D8F #8B238F #8F5523 #278F23
square
#235D8F #8B238F #8F5523 #278F23
split-complementary
#235D8F #8F2327 #8F8B23
monochromatic
#0B1D2D #173D5E #235D8F #2F7DC0 #579BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92
#235D8F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03
#235D8F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235D8F
6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##235D8F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##235D8F1.006.923.036.92
#FFFFFF6.921.0021.001.00
#0000003.0321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.921.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#465F91
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#37558E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00696F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #235d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 93, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.101 248.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8ab0',
    500: '#235d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #235d8f;
$custom-light: #6d8ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#235d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.778,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46563,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#235D8F
secondary
#BA8354
accent
#8E44E4
background
#F7F8FA
surface
#EDF0F4
border
#C8CBCE
text
#080B10
muted
#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235D8F

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#235D8F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva