#234E72#234E72

#234E72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.077 H 246.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#234E72
RGBrgb(35, 78, 114)
HSLhsl(207, 53%, 29%)
HSVhsv(207, 69%, 45%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 31.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LABlab(31.85, -2.28, -25.04)
CIE-LCHlch(31.85, 25.15, 264.79°)
OKLaboklab(41.11% -0.0309 -0.0707)
OKLCHoklch(41.11% 0.077 246.4)
XYZxyz(6.4536, 7.0203, 16.9313)
Luminance0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#234E72 #724723
analogous
#23726F #234E72 #232772
triadic
#234E72 #72234E #4E7223
tetradic
#234E72 #6F2372 #724723 #277223
square
#234E72 #6F2372 #724723 #277223
split-complementary
#234E72 #722327 #726F23
monochromatic
#071017 #152E43 #234E72 #316EA1 #488DC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73
#234E72 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40
#234E72 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E72
8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##234E72#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##234E721.008.732.408.73
#FFFFFF8.731.0021.001.00
#0000002.4021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.731.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3E4F74
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#334871
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00575B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #234e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.077 246.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#677f9a',
    500: '#234e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #234e72;
$custom-light: #677f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#234e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.342,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4111,
    "c": 0.07718,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#234E72
secondary
#A5744C
accent
#8D4BDC
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEEF2
border
#C6C9CC
text
#070A0E
muted
#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E72

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#234E72 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva