#233A56#233A56

#233A56 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.057 H 254.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#233A56
RGB	rgb(35, 58, 86)
HSL	hsl(213, 42%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(213, 59%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 32.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 0.46, -19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 19.63, 271.35°)
OKLab	oklab(34.34% -0.0157 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(34.34% 0.057 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.8853, 4.0550, 9.3802)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#233A56 #563F23

analogous

#235356 #233A56 #252356

triadic

#233A56 #56233A #3A5623

tetradic

#233A56 #562353 #563F23 #235625

square

#233A56 #562353 #563F23 #235625

split-complementary

#233A56 #562523 #535623

monochromatic

#090F16 #111D2B #233A56 #355781 #4675AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#233A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#233A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #233A56

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##233A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##233A56	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F3B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#044044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #233a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 58, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.057 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626f85',
    500: '#233a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #233a56;
$custom-light: #626f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#233a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.941,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3434,
    "c": 0.05738,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#233A56

secondary

#8A6D4B

accent

#9A56D2

background

#F6F6F8

surface

#EBECEF

border

#C6C7CA

text

#05070B

muted

#7A7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #233A56

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

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