#234D87#234D87

#234D87 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.108 H 257.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234D87
RGB	rgb(35, 77, 135)
HSL	hsl(215, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(215, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 43%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.73, 6.48, -36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.73, 37.26, 280.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% -0.0239 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.108 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7186, 7.4135, 23.9411)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234D87 #875D23

analogous

#237F87 #234D87 #2B2387

triadic

#234D87 #87234D #4D8723

tetradic

#234D87 #87237F #875D23 #23872B

square

#234D87 #87237F #875D23 #23872B

split-complementary

#234D87 #872B23 #7F8723

monochromatic

#0A1626 #163156 #234D87 #3069B8 #5288D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#234D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#234D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234D87

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234D87	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#315289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 77, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.108 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7eaa',
    500: '#234d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234d87;
$custom-light: #6c7eaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.8,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42184,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234D87

secondary

#B68B50

accent

#A046E2

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234D87

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

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