#234C8E#234C8E

#234C8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.119 H 259.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234C8E
RGB	rgb(35, 76, 142)
HSL	hsl(217, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 46.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.87, 9.90, -40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.87, 41.95, 283.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% -0.0215 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.119 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1583, 7.4783, 26.5994)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234C8E #8E6523

analogous

#23828E #234C8E #2F238E

triadic

#234C8E #8E234C #4C8E23

tetradic

#234C8E #8E2382 #8E6523 #238E2F

square

#234C8E #8E2382 #8E6523 #238E2F

split-complementary

#234C8E #8E2F23 #828E23

monochromatic

#0B172C #17325D #234C8E #2F66BF #5687D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#234C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#234C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234C8E

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234C8E	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13498D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 76, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.119 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7daf',
    500: '#234c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234c8e;
$custom-light: #6d7daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.009,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42438,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234C8E

secondary

#B99253

accent

#A744E4

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234C8E

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

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