#234C97#234C97

#234C97 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.132 H 261.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234C97
RGB	rgb(35, 76, 151)
HSL	hsl(219, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(219, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 49.7%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 13.46, -45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 47.23, 286.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% -0.02 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.132 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8615, 7.7596, 30.3029)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234C97 #976E23

analogous

#238697 #234C97 #342397

triadic

#234C97 #97234C #4C9723

tetradic

#234C97 #972386 #976E23 #239734

square

#234C97 #972386 #976E23 #239734

split-complementary

#234C97 #973423 #869723

monochromatic

#0C1A34 #173365 #234C97 #2F65C9 #5B88D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#234C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#234C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234C97

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234C97	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21549A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 76, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.132 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7db6',
    500: '#234c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234c97;
$custom-light: #6f7db6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.793,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43097,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234C97

secondary

#BE9A58

accent

#AC42E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #234C97

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

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