#234C80#234C80

#234C80 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.099 H 255.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234C80
RGB	rgb(35, 76, 128)
HSL	hsl(214, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 40.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.00, 4.40, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.00, 33.83, 277.48°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% -0.0246 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.099 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1724, 7.0840, 21.4072)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234C80 #805723

analogous

#237B80 #234C80 #282380

triadic

#234C80 #80234C #4C8023

tetradic

#234C80 #80237B #805723 #238028

square

#234C80 #80237B #805723 #238028

split-complementary

#234C80 #802823 #7B8023

monochromatic

#091320 #162F50 #234C80 #3069B0 #4F87CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#234C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#234C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234C80

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234C80	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#345082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26477F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 76, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.099 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7da5',
    500: '#234c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234c80;
$custom-light: #6a7da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.548,
    "s": 57.055,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41477,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234C80

secondary

#B2854D

accent

#9D47E0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234C80

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

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