#235E9C#235E9C

#235E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.117 H 252.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235E9C
RGB	rgb(35, 94, 156)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(211, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 39.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.18, 3.55, -39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.18, 39.32, 275.19°)
OKLab	oklab(47.61% -0.0351 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(47.61% 0.117 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6943, 10.7618, 32.9596)
Luminance	0.1076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235E9C #9C6123

analogous

#239A9C #235E9C #25239C

triadic

#235E9C #9C235E #5E9C23

tetradic

#235E9C #9C239A #9C6123 #239C25

square

#235E9C #9C239A #9C6123 #239C25

split-complementary

#235E9C #9C2523 #9A9C23

monochromatic

#0D2238 #18406A #235E9C #2E7CCE #5E9BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#235E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#235E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235E9C

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235E9C	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41629E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D579B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 94, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.117 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#708bb9',
    500: '#235e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235e9c;
$custom-light: #708bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.744,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4761,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235E9C

secondary

#C08F5B

accent

#9641E6

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #235E9C

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

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