#234D72#234D72

#234D72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.078 H 247.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234D72
RGB	rgb(35, 77, 114)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(208, 69%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 32.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, -1.64, -25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 25.60, 266.33°)
OKLab	oklab(40.86% -0.0297 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(40.86% 0.078 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3831, 6.8793, 16.9078)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234D72 #724823

analogous

#237270 #234D72 #232672

triadic

#234D72 #72234D #4D7223

tetradic

#234D72 #702372 #724823 #267223

square

#234D72 #702372 #724823 #267223

split-complementary

#234D72 #722326 #727023

monochromatic

#071017 #152D43 #234D72 #316DA1 #488CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#234D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#234D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234D72

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234D72	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4E74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#324771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00565A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 77, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.078 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#677e9a',
    500: '#234d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234d72;
$custom-light: #677e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.101,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40856,
    "c": 0.0781,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234D72

secondary

#A5764C

accent

#8F4BDC

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#07090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #234D72

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

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