#234AA3#234AA3

#234AA3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.151 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234AA3
RGB	rgb(35, 74, 163)
HSL	hsl(222, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(222, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 54.6%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.77, 19.54, -52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.77, 55.59, 290.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.6% -0.017 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(43.6% 0.151 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7504, 7.8981, 35.6538)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234AA3 #A37C23

analogous

#238AA3 #234AA3 #3C23A3

triadic

#234AA3 #A3234A #4AA323

tetradic

#234AA3 #A3238A #A37C23 #23A33C

square

#234AA3 #A3238A #A37C23 #23A33C

split-complementary

#234AA3 #A33C23 #8AA323

monochromatic

#0D1C3E #183371 #234AA3 #3162D3 #6388DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#234AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#234AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234AA3

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234AA3	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 74, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.151 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727bbf',
    500: '#234aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234aa3;
$custom-light: #727bbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.719,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43595,
    "c": 0.15098,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234AA3

secondary

#C3A45F

accent

#B540E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF7

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #234AA3

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

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