#235F8B#235F8B

#235F8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.094 H 244.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235F8B
RGB	rgb(35, 95, 139)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(205, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 31.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.56, -3.59, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.56, 30.12, 263.16°)
OKLab	oklab(46.82% -0.041 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(46.82% 0.094 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4438, 10.4048, 25.9317)
Luminance	0.1041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235F8B #8B4F23

analogous

#238B83 #235F8B #232B8B

triadic

#235F8B #8B235F #5F8B23

tetradic

#235F8B #83238B #8B4F23 #2B8B23

square

#235F8B #83238B #8B4F23 #2B8B23

split-complementary

#235F8B #8B232B #8B8323

monochromatic

#0A1C29 #173E5A #235F8B #2F80BC #549ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#235F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#235F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235F8B

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235F8B	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B608D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C568A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 95, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.094 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8cad',
    500: '#235f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235f8b;
$custom-light: #6d8cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46823,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235F8B

secondary

#B87D52

accent

#8845E3

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7B7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #235F8B

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

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