#235D9D#235D9D

#235D9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.120 H 253.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#235D9D
RGBrgb(35, 93, 157)
HSLhsl(211, 64%, 38%)
HSVhsv(211, 78%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(77.7%, 40.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(38.93, 4.59, -40.14)
CIE-LCHlch(38.93, 40.41, 276.52°)
OKLaboklab(47.44% -0.0339 -0.1147)
OKLCHoklch(47.44% 0.12 253.5)
XYZxyz(10.6910, 10.6191, 33.3780)
Luminance0.1062 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#235D9D #9D6323
analogous
#239A9D #235D9D #26239D
triadic
#235D9D #9D235D #5D9D23
tetradic
#235D9D #9D239A #9D6323 #239D26
square
#235D9D #9D239A #9D6323 #239D26
split-complementary
#235D9D #9D2623 #9A9D23
monochromatic
#0D2239 #183F6B #235D9D #2E7BCF #5F9ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72
#235D9D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12
#235D9D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235D9D
6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##235D9D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##235D9D1.006.723.126.72
#FFFFFF6.721.0021.001.00
#0000003.1221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.721.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3E62A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2A579C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006C75
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #235d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 93, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.120 253.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#708aba',
    500: '#235d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #235d9d;
$custom-light: #708aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#235d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.475,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47438,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#235D9D
secondary
#C0905C
accent
#9841E7
background
#F7F8FB
surface
#EDF0F6
border
#C8CBD0
text
#090B12
muted
#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #235D9D

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#235D9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva