#235E9A#235E9A

#235E9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.114 H 251.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235E9A
RGB	rgb(35, 94, 154)
HSL	hsl(210, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(210, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 39%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.06, 2.78, -38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.06, 38.24, 274.17°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% -0.0356 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.114 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5264, 10.6946, 32.0751)
Luminance	0.1070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235E9A #9A5F23

analogous

#239A9A #235E9A #23239A

triadic

#235E9A #9A235E #5E9A23

tetradic

#235E9A #9A239A #9A5F23 #239A23

square

#235E9A #9A239A #9A5F23 #239A23

split-complementary

#235E9A #9A2323 #9A9A23

monochromatic

#0C2136 #184068 #235E9A #2E7CCC #5D9BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#235E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#235E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235E9A

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235E9A	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42629C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F5799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 94, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.114 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#708bb8',
    500: '#235e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235e9a;
$custom-light: #708bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.252,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47482,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235E9A

secondary

#BF8D5A

accent

#9542E6

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #235E9A

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

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