#234AA6#234AA6

#234AA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.155 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234AA6
RGB	rgb(35, 74, 166)
HSL	hsl(222, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(222, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 55.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.00, 20.71, -53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.00, 57.34, 291.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% -0.0167 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.155 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0224, 8.0069, 37.0863)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234AA6 #A67F23

analogous

#238CA6 #234AA6 #3D23A6

triadic

#234AA6 #A6234A #4AA623

tetradic

#234AA6 #A6238C #A67F23 #23A63D

square

#234AA6 #A6238C #A67F23 #23A63D

split-complementary

#234AA6 #A63D23 #8CA623

monochromatic

#0E1D41 #183373 #234AA6 #3262D4 #6589DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#234AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#234AA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234AA6

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234AA6	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 74, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.155 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737bc1',
    500: '#234aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234aa6;
$custom-light: #737bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.137,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43839,
    "c": 0.15513,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234AA6

secondary

#C4A661

accent

#B640E8

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #234AA6

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

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