#233B56#233B56

#233B56 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.056 H 252.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#233B56
RGB	rgb(35, 59, 86)
HSL	hsl(212, 42%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(212, 59%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 31.4%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, -0.22, -19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 19.10, 269.35°)
OKLab	oklab(34.6% -0.0171 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(34.6% 0.056 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9362, 4.1568, 9.3972)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#233B56 #563E23

analogous

#235456 #233B56 #242356

triadic

#233B56 #56233B #3B5623

tetradic

#233B56 #562354 #563E23 #235624

square

#233B56 #562354 #563E23 #235624

split-complementary

#233B56 #562423 #545623

monochromatic

#090F16 #111D2B #233B56 #355981 #4677AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#233B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#233B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #233B56

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##233B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##233B56	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#303C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#044144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #233b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 59, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.056 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627085',
    500: '#233b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #233b56;
$custom-light: #627085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#233b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.765,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34599,
    "c": 0.05633,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#233B56

secondary

#8A6C4B

accent

#9856D2

background

#F6F6F8

surface

#EBECEF

border

#C6C7CA

text

#05070B

muted

#7A7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #233B56

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

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