#235D9E#235D9E

#235D9E is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.121 H 253.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235D9E
RGB	rgb(35, 93, 158)
HSL	hsl(212, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(212, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 41.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.99, 4.97, -40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.99, 40.95, 276.98°)
OKLab	oklab(47.5% -0.0337 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(47.5% 0.121 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7767, 10.6534, 33.8295)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235D9E #9E6423

analogous

#239B9E #235D9E #26239E

triadic

#235D9E #9E235D #5D9E23

tetradic

#235D9E #9E239B #9E6423 #239E26

square

#235D9E #9E239B #9E6423 #239E26

split-complementary

#235D9E #9E2623 #9B9E23

monochromatic

#0D223A #18406C #235D9E #2E7AD0 #609ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#235D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#235D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235D9E

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235D9E	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E62A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29579D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 93, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.121 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#708abb',
    500: '#235d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235d9e;
$custom-light: #708abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.707,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47503,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235D9E

secondary

#C1915C

accent

#9941E7

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #235D9E

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

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