#234E7C#234E7C

#234E7C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.091 H 252.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234E7C
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 124)
HSL	hsl(211, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(211, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 37.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 1.53, -30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 30.47, 272.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% -0.0278 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.091 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0543, 7.2606, 20.0945)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234E7C #7C5123

analogous

#237A7C #234E7C #24237C

triadic

#234E7C #7C234E #4E7C23

tetradic

#234E7C #7C237A #7C5123 #237C24

square

#234E7C #7C237A #7C5123 #237C24

split-complementary

#234E7C #7C2423 #7A7C23

monochromatic

#08121D #16304C #234E7C #306CAC #4D8BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#234E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#234E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E7C

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234E7C	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39517E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D487B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00595F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.091 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697fa2',
    500: '#234e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234e7c;
$custom-light: #697fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.011,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4171,
    "c": 0.0908,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234E7C

secondary

#AF7F4C

accent

#9649DF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF3

border

#C6C9CD

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E7C

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

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