#234D96#234D96

#234D96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.129 H 260.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#234D96
RGBrgb(35, 77, 150)
HSLhsl(218, 62%, 36%)
HSVhsv(218, 77%, 59%)
CMYKcmyk(76.7%, 48.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LABlab(33.70, 12.39, -44.30)
CIE-LCHlch(33.70, 46.00, 285.62°)
OKLaboklab(43.25% -0.021 -0.1272)
OKLCHoklch(43.25% 0.129 260.6)
XYZxyz(8.8500, 7.8661, 29.9001)
Luminance0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#234D96 #966C23
analogous
#238796 #234D96 #332396
triadic
#234D96 #96234D #4D9623
tetradic
#234D96 #962387 #966C23 #239633
square
#234D96 #962387 #966C23 #239633
split-complementary
#234D96 #963323 #879623
monochromatic
#0C1A33 #173464 #234D96 #2F66C8 #5B89D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16
#234D96 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57
#234D96 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234D96
8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##234D96#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##234D961.008.162.578.16
#FFFFFF8.161.0021.001.00
#0000002.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.161.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#255599
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#024A95
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005E6A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #234d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 77, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.129 260.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7eb5',
    500: '#234d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #234d96;
$custom-light: #6f7eb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#234d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.087,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43248,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#234D96
secondary
#BD9858
accent
#AA43E5
background
#F7F7FB
surface
#EDEEF6
border
#C8C9D0
text
#080911
muted
#7B7B80

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#234D96 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva