#234BA8#234BA8

#234BA8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.157 H 263.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234BA8
RGB	rgb(35, 75, 168)
HSL	hsl(222, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(222, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 55.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.43, 20.82, -53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.43, 57.85, 291.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44.21% -0.0173 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(44.21% 0.157 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2746, 8.2154, 38.0824)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234BA8 #A88023

analogous

#238DA8 #234BA8 #3E23A8

triadic

#234BA8 #A8234B #4BA823

tetradic

#234BA8 #A8238D #A88023 #23A83E

square

#234BA8 #A8238D #A88023 #23A83E

split-complementary

#234BA8 #A83E23 #8DA823

monochromatic

#0E1E43 #183475 #234BA8 #3464D5 #668BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#234BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#234BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234BA8

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234BA8	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 75, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.157 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737cc3',
    500: '#234ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234ba8;
$custom-light: #737cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.955,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44213,
    "c": 0.15663,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234BA8

secondary

#C5A762

accent

#B63FE8

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #234BA8

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

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