#234D98#234D98

#234D98 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.132 H 260.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234D98
RGB	rgb(35, 77, 152)
HSL	hsl(218, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(218, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 49.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.84, 13.18, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.84, 47.17, 286.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% -0.0207 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.132 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0125, 7.9311, 30.7555)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234D98 #986E23

analogous

#238898 #234D98 #342398

triadic

#234D98 #98234D #4D9823

tetradic

#234D98 #982388 #986E23 #239834

square

#234D98 #982388 #986E23 #239834

split-complementary

#234D98 #983423 #889823

monochromatic

#0C1B35 #183466 #234D98 #2E66CA #5C89D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#234D98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#234D98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234D98

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234D98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234D98	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22559B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234d98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 77, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.132 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7eb7',
    500: '#234d98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234d98;
$custom-light: #6f7eb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234d98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.462,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43396,
    "c": 0.13176,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234D98

secondary

#BE9A59

accent

#AB42E6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #234D98

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

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