#235E81#235E81

#235E81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.083 H 238.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235E81
RGB	rgb(35, 94, 129)
HSL	hsl(202, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(202, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 27.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, -6.71, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 25.98, 255.04°)
OKLab	oklab(46.02% -0.0433 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(46.02% 0.083 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6567, 9.9467, 22.2283)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235E81 #814623

analogous

#238175 #235E81 #232F81

triadic

#235E81 #81235E #5E8123

tetradic

#235E81 #752381 #814623 #2F8123

square

#235E81 #752381 #814623 #2F8123

split-complementary

#235E81 #81232F #817523

monochromatic

#091821 #163B51 #235E81 #3081B1 #4FA0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#235E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#235E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235E81

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235E81	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5E83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 94, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.083 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8ba5',
    500: '#235e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235e81;
$custom-light: #6b8ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.34,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46017,
    "c": 0.08294,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235E81

secondary

#B3734D

accent

#8047E1

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235E81

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

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