#233E56#233E56

#233E56 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.053 H 246.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#233E56
RGB	rgb(35, 62, 86)
HSL	hsl(208, 42%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(208, 59%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 27.9%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, -2.22, -17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 17.69, 262.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.38% -0.0211 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(35.38% 0.054 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0949, 4.4741, 9.4501)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#233E56 #563B23

analogous

#235654 #233E56 #232456

triadic

#233E56 #56233E #3E5623

tetradic

#233E56 #542356 #563B23 #245623

square

#233E56 #542356 #563B23 #245623

split-complementary

#233E56 #562324 #565423

monochromatic

#091016 #111F2B #233E56 #355D81 #467DAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#233E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#233E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #233E56

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##233E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##233E56	1.00	11.08	1.89	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#034446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #233e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 62, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.053 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627385',
    500: '#233e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #233e56;
$custom-light: #627385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#233e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35384,
    "c": 0.0535,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#233E56

secondary

#8A694B

accent

#9056D2

background

#F6F6F8

surface

#EBECEF

border

#C6C7CA

text

#05080B

muted

#7A7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #233E56

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

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