#234AA9#234AA9

#234AA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.159 H 264.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234AA9
RGB	rgb(35, 74, 169)
HSL	hsl(223, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(223, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 56.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.23, 21.89, -54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.23, 59.09, 291.74°)
OKLab	oklab(44.09% -0.0165 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(44.09% 0.159 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3008, 8.1183, 38.5525)
Luminance	0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234AA9 #A98223

analogous

#238DA9 #234AA9 #3F23A9

triadic

#234AA9 #A9234A #4AA923

tetradic

#234AA9 #A9238D #A98223 #23A93F

square

#234AA9 #A9238D #A98223 #23A93F

split-complementary

#234AA9 #A93F23 #8DA923

monochromatic

#0E1E44 #193476 #234AA9 #3463D5 #678ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#234AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#234AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234AA9

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234AA9	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 74, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.159 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747bc3',
    500: '#234aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234aa9;
$custom-light: #747bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.537,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44086,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234AA9

secondary

#C5A863

accent

#B73FE9

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #234AA9

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

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