#234AA2#234AA2

#234AA2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.150 H 263.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234AA2
RGB	rgb(35, 74, 162)
HSL	hsl(222, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(222, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 54.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, 19.15, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 55.00, 290.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.52% -0.0171 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(43.52% 0.15 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6612, 7.8624, 35.1838)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234AA2 #A27B23

analogous

#2389A2 #234AA2 #3B23A2

triadic

#234AA2 #A2234A #4AA223

tetradic

#234AA2 #A22389 #A27B23 #23A23B

square

#234AA2 #A22389 #A27B23 #23A23B

split-complementary

#234AA2 #A23B23 #89A223

monochromatic

#0D1C3D #183370 #234AA2 #3062D2 #6288DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#234AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#234AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234AA2

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234AA2	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0255A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 74, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.150 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727bbe',
    500: '#234aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234aa2;
$custom-light: #727bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.575,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43515,
    "c": 0.14959,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234AA2

secondary

#C2A45E

accent

#B440E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF7

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #234AA2

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

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