#234A87#234A87

#234A87 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.111 H 259.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234A87
RGB	rgb(35, 74, 135)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(217, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 45.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, 8.49, -38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 39.09, 282.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% -0.021 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.111 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5135, 7.0033, 23.8728)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234A87 #876023

analogous

#237C87 #234A87 #2E2387

triadic

#234A87 #87234A #4A8723

tetradic

#234A87 #87237C #876023 #23872E

square

#234A87 #87237C #876023 #23872E

split-complementary

#234A87 #872E23 #7C8723

monochromatic

#0A1526 #162F56 #234A87 #3065B8 #5284D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#234A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#234A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234A87

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234A87	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 74, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.111 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7caa',
    500: '#234a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234a87;
$custom-light: #6c7caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41475,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234A87

secondary

#B68E50

accent

#A546E2

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#080910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234A87

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

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