#234B8A#234B8A

#234B8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.114 H 259.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#234B8A
RGBrgb(35, 75, 138)
HSLhsl(217, 60%, 34%)
HSVhsv(217, 75%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(74.6%, 45.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(32.31, 9.00, -39.21)
CIE-LCHlch(32.31, 40.23, 282.93°)
OKLaboklab(41.92% -0.0214 -0.1123)
OKLCHoklch(41.92% 0.114 259.2)
XYZxyz(7.7950, 7.2236, 25.0233)
Luminance0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#234B8A #8A6223
analogous
#237F8A #234B8A #2F238A
triadic
#234B8A #8A234B #4B8A23
tetradic
#234B8A #8A237F #8A6223 #238A2F
square
#234B8A #8A237F #8A6223 #238A2F
split-complementary
#234B8A #8A2F23 #7F8A23
monochromatic
#0A1628 #173059 #234B8A #2F66BB #5485D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59
#234B8A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44
#234B8A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234B8A
8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##234B8A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##234B8A1.008.592.448.59
#FFFFFF8.591.0021.001.00
#0000002.4421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.591.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2B518C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#174889
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005A63
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #234b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 75, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.114 259.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7cac',
    500: '#234b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #234b8a;
$custom-light: #6c7cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#234b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.699,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41921,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#234B8A
secondary
#B79051
accent
#A545E3
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#ECEEF4
border
#C7C9CE
text
#080910
muted
#7A7B7F

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#234B8A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva