#235E8A#235E8A

#235E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.094 H 244.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235E8A
RGB	rgb(35, 94, 138)
HSL	hsl(206, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(206, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 31.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.19, -3.34, -29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.19, 30.06, 263.62°)
OKLab	oklab(46.52% -0.0403 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(46.52% 0.094 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2815, 10.1967, 25.5188)
Luminance	0.1020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235E8A #8A4F23

analogous

#238A83 #235E8A #232B8A

triadic

#235E8A #8A235E #5E8A23

tetradic

#235E8A #83238A #8A4F23 #2B8A23

square

#235E8A #83238A #8A4F23 #2B8A23

split-complementary

#235E8A #8A232B #8A8323

monochromatic

#0A1B28 #173D59 #235E8A #2F7FBB #549DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#235E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#235E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235E8A

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235E8A	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 94, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.094 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8bac',
    500: '#235e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235e8a;
$custom-light: #6c8bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.631,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46517,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235E8A

secondary

#B77D51

accent

#8845E3

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235E8A

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

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