#235E7A#235E7A

#235E7A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.075 H 232.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235E7A
RGB	rgb(35, 94, 122)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 23%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.42, -9.26, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.42, 23.25, 246.52°)
OKLab	oklab(45.65% -0.0459 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(45.65% 0.075 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2073, 9.7670, 19.8613)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235E7A #7A3F23

analogous

#237A6A #235E7A #23327A

triadic

#235E7A #7A235E #5E7A23

tetradic

#235E7A #6A237A #7A3F23 #327A23

square

#235E7A #6A237A #7A3F23 #327A23

split-complementary

#235E7A #7A2332 #7A6A23

monochromatic

#08151B #15394A #235E7A #3183AA #4CA2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#235E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#235E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235E7A

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235E7A	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44547A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 94, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.075 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698ba0',
    500: '#235e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235e7a;
$custom-light: #698ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.31,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4565,
    "c": 0.07543,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235E7A

secondary

#AD6B4C

accent

#7949DF

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #235E7A

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

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