#234E77#234E77

#234E77 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.084 H 249.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234E77
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 119)
HSL	hsl(209, 55%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(209, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 34.5%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, -0.38, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 27.76, 269.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.4% -0.0293 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(41.4% 0.084 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7461, 7.1373, 18.4713)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234E77 #774C23

analogous

#237776 #234E77 #232477

triadic

#234E77 #77234E #4E7723

tetradic

#234E77 #762377 #774C23 #247723

square

#234E77 #762377 #774C23 #247723

split-complementary

#234E77 #772324 #777623

monochromatic

#071018 #152F48 #234E77 #316DA6 #4A8CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#234E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#234E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E77

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234E77	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C5079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#304876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.084 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687f9e',
    500: '#234e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234e77;
$custom-light: #687f9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.286,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41404,
    "c": 0.0839,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234E77

secondary

#AA7A4C

accent

#924ADE

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#070A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E77

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

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