#233E4E#233E4E

#233E4E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.043 H 235.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#233E4E
RGB	rgb(35, 62, 78)
HSL	hsl(202, 38%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, -5.05, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 13.83, 248.58°)
OKLab	oklab(34.96% -0.0243 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(34.96% 0.043 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.7904, 4.3523, 7.8466)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#233E4E #4E3323

analogous

#234E49 #233E4E #23284E

triadic

#233E4E #4E233E #3E4E23

tetradic

#233E4E #49234E #4E3323 #284E23

square

#233E4E #49234E #4E3323 #284E23

split-complementary

#233E4E #4E2328 #4E4923

monochromatic

#091115 #101C24 #233E4E #366078 #4981A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#233E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#233E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #233E4E

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##233E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##233E4E	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31394E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C4243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #233e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 62, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.043 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61737f',
    500: '#233e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #233e4e;
$custom-light: #61737f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#233e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.326,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34961,
    "c": 0.04325,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#233E4E

secondary

#825F4B

accent

#855ACE

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#EAECEE

border

#C6C7C9

text

#05080A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #233E4E

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

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