#235E9D#235E9D

#235E9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.118 H 252.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235E9D
RGB	rgb(35, 94, 157)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(211, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 40.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.23, 3.94, -39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.23, 39.86, 275.68°)
OKLab	oklab(47.67% -0.0349 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(47.67% 0.118 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7794, 10.7958, 33.4074)
Luminance	0.1080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235E9D #9D6223

analogous

#239B9D #235E9D #25239D

triadic

#235E9D #9D235E #5E9D23

tetradic

#235E9D #9D239B #9D6223 #239D25

square

#235E9D #9D239B #9D6223 #239D25

split-complementary

#235E9D #9D2523 #9B9D23

monochromatic

#0D2239 #18406B #235E9D #2E7CCF #5F9BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#235E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#235E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235E9D

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235E9D	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4062A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C579C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 94, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.118 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#708bba',
    500: '#235e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235e9d;
$custom-light: #708bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.984,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47674,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235E9D

secondary

#C0905C

accent

#9741E7

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #235E9D

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

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