#234BC9#234BC9

#234BC9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.200 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234BC9
RGB	rgb(35, 75, 201)
HSL	hsl(226, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(226, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 62.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, 33.48, -69.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 76.70, 295.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.07% -0.0161 -0.1998)
OKLCH	oklch(47.07% 0.2 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7481, 9.6049, 56.3763)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234BC9 #C9A123

analogous

#239EC9 #234BC9 #4E23C9

triadic

#234BC9 #C9234B #4BC923

tetradic

#234BC9 #C9239E #C9A123 #23C94E

square

#234BC9 #C9239E #C9A123 #23C94E

split-complementary

#234BC9 #C94E23 #9EC923

monochromatic

#112461 #1A3895 #234BC9 #4A6EDF #7E98E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#234BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#234BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234BC9

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234BC9	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 75, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.200 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7dda',
    500: '#234bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234bc9;
$custom-light: #7c7dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.542,
    "s": 70.339,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47068,
    "c": 0.20044,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234BC9

secondary

#D1BB77

accent

#C23BED

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EEFB

border

#CBC9D4

text

#0B0915

muted

#7C7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #234BC9

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

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