#234D80#234D80

#234D80 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.098 H 254.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234D80
RGB	rgb(35, 77, 128)
HSL	hsl(213, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 39.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.31, 3.74, -33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.31, 33.26, 276.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.72% -0.0256 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(41.72% 0.098 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2419, 7.2228, 21.4304)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234D80 #805623

analogous

#237C80 #234D80 #282380

triadic

#234D80 #80234D #4D8023

tetradic

#234D80 #80237C #805623 #238028

square

#234D80 #80237C #805623 #238028

split-complementary

#234D80 #802823 #7C8023

monochromatic

#091320 #163050 #234D80 #306AB0 #4F89CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#234D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#234D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234D80

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234D80	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#365182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28487F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 77, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.098 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7ea5',
    500: '#234d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234d80;
$custom-light: #6a7ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.903,
    "s": 57.055,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4172,
    "c": 0.09755,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234D80

secondary

#B2844D

accent

#9B47E0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234D80

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

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