#234D7D#234D7D

#234D7D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.093 H 253.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234D7D
RGB	rgb(35, 77, 125)
HSL	hsl(212, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(212, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 38.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.13, 2.58, -31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.13, 31.57, 274.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% -0.0264 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.093 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0473, 7.1450, 20.4058)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234D7D #7D5323

analogous

#237A7D #234D7D #26237D

triadic

#234D7D #7D234D #4D7D23

tetradic

#234D7D #7D237A #7D5323 #237D26

square

#234D7D #7D237A #7D5323 #237D26

split-complementary

#234D7D #7D2623 #7A7D23

monochromatic

#08121D #16304D #234D7D #306AAD #4D89CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#234D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#234D7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234D7D

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234D7D	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37507F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A487C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 77, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.093 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697ea3',
    500: '#234d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234d7d;
$custom-light: #697ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41527,
    "c": 0.0933,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234D7D

secondary

#AF814C

accent

#9948E0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF3

border

#C7C9CD

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234D7D

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

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