#235E8E#235E8E

#235E8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.099 H 246.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#235E8E
RGBrgb(35, 94, 142)
HSLhsl(207, 60%, 35%)
HSVhsv(207, 75%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(75.4%, 33.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(38.40, -1.83, -31.97)
CIE-LCHlch(38.40, 32.02, 266.73°)
OKLaboklab(46.75% -0.039 -0.0907)
OKLCHoklch(46.75% 0.099 246.7)
XYZxyz(9.5765, 10.3146, 27.0722)
Luminance0.1032 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#235E8E #8E5323
analogous
#238E89 #235E8E #23288E
triadic
#235E8E #8E235E #5E8E23
tetradic
#235E8E #89238E #8E5323 #288E23
square
#235E8E #89238E #8E5323 #288E23
split-complementary
#235E8E #8E2328 #8E8923
monochromatic
#0B1D2C #173D5D #235E8E #2F7FBF #569CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86
#235E8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06
#235E8E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235E8E
6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##235E8E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##235E8E1.006.863.066.86
#FFFFFF6.861.0021.001.00
#0000003.0621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.861.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#486090
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#39568D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006A6F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #235e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 94, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.099 246.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8baf',
    500: '#235e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #235e8e;
$custom-light: #6d8baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#235e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.916,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46749,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#235E8E
secondary
#B98153
accent
#8C44E4
background
#F7F8FA
surface
#EDF0F4
border
#C8CBCE
text
#080C10
muted
#7B7D7F

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#235E8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva