#234C83#234C83

#234C83 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.103 H 256.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234C83
RGB	rgb(35, 76, 131)
HSL	hsl(214, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(214, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 42%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.18, 5.58, -35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.18, 35.55, 279.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.68% -0.0239 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(41.68% 0.103 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3728, 7.1641, 22.4626)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234C83 #835A23

analogous

#237C83 #234C83 #2A2383

triadic

#234C83 #83234C #4C8323

tetradic

#234C83 #83237C #835A23 #23832A

square

#234C83 #83237C #835A23 #23832A

split-complementary

#234C83 #832A23 #7C8323

monochromatic

#091422 #163053 #234C83 #3068B3 #5087D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#234C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#234C83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234C83

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234C83	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#325185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 76, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.103 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7da7',
    500: '#234c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234c83;
$custom-light: #6b7da7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.375,
    "s": 57.831,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41676,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234C83

secondary

#B4884E

accent

#9F47E1

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234C83

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

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