#234CAE#234CAE

#234CAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.164 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234CAE
RGB	rgb(35, 76, 174)
HSL	hsl(222, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(222, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 56.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.16, 22.49, -56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.16, 60.67, 291.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.91% -0.0175 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(44.91% 0.164 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9148, 8.5809, 41.1172)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234CAE #AE8523

analogous

#2391AE #234CAE #3F23AE

triadic

#234CAE #AE234C #4CAE23

tetradic

#234CAE #AE2391 #AE8523 #23AE3F

square

#234CAE #AE2391 #AE8523 #23AE3F

split-complementary

#234CAE #AE3F23 #91AE23

monochromatic

#0F1F48 #19367B #234CAE #3766D7 #6A8DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#234CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#234CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234CAE

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234CAE	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 76, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.164 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757dc7',
    500: '#234cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234cae;
$custom-light: #757dc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.302,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44914,
    "c": 0.16358,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234CAE

secondary

#C7AA66

accent

#B73EE9

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #234CAE

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

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