#234CA9#234CA9

#234CA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.157 H 263.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234CA9
RGB	rgb(35, 76, 169)
HSL	hsl(222, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(222, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 55%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.78, 20.54, -53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.78, 57.77, 290.83°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% -0.0179 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.157 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4365, 8.3896, 38.5977)
Luminance	0.0839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234CA9 #A98023

analogous

#238FA9 #234CA9 #3D23A9

triadic

#234CA9 #A9234C #4CA923

tetradic

#234CA9 #A9238F #A98023 #23A93D

square

#234CA9 #A9238F #A98023 #23A93D

split-complementary

#234CA9 #A93D23 #8FA923

monochromatic

#0E1E44 #193576 #234CA9 #3465D5 #678CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#234CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#234CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234CA9

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234CA9	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 76, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.157 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747dc3',
    500: '#234ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234ca9;
$custom-light: #747dc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.642,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44504,
    "c": 0.15675,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234CA9

secondary

#C5A763

accent

#B53FE9

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#090913

muted

#7B7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #234CA9

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

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