#234BA2#234BA2

#234BA2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.148 H 263.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234BA2
RGB	rgb(35, 75, 162)
HSL	hsl(221, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(221, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 53.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.98, 18.47, -51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.98, 54.34, 289.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.73% -0.0178 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(43.73% 0.148 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7285, 7.9970, 35.2063)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234BA2 #A27A23

analogous

#238AA2 #234BA2 #3A23A2

triadic

#234BA2 #A2234B #4BA223

tetradic

#234BA2 #A2238A #A27A23 #23A23A

square

#234BA2 #A2238A #A27A23 #23A23A

split-complementary

#234BA2 #A23A23 #8AA223

monochromatic

#0D1C3D #183470 #234BA2 #3063D2 #6289DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#234BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#234BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234BA2

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234BA2	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0956A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 75, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.148 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727cbe',
    500: '#234ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234ba2;
$custom-light: #727cbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.102,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43728,
    "c": 0.14833,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234BA2

secondary

#C2A35E

accent

#B340E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF7

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #234BA2

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

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