#234BA9#234BA9

#234BA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.158 H 263.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234BA9
RGB	rgb(35, 75, 169)
HSL	hsl(222, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(222, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 55.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.50, 21.21, -54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.50, 58.43, 291.29°)
OKLab	oklab(44.29% -0.0172 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(44.29% 0.158 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3681, 8.2528, 38.5749)
Luminance	0.0825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234BA9 #A98123

analogous

#238EA9 #234BA9 #3E23A9

triadic

#234BA9 #A9234B #4BA923

tetradic

#234BA9 #A9238E #A98123 #23A93E

square

#234BA9 #A9238E #A98123 #23A93E

split-complementary

#234BA9 #A93E23 #8EA923

monochromatic

#0E1E44 #193476 #234BA9 #3464D5 #678BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#234BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#234BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234BA9

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234BA9	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 75, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.158 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747cc3',
    500: '#234ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234ba9;
$custom-light: #747cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.09,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44294,
    "c": 0.158,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234BA9

secondary

#C5A863

accent

#B63FE9

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#090913

muted

#7B7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #234BA9

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

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