#234E7D#234E7D

#234E7D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.092 H 252.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234E7D
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 125)
HSL	hsl(211, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(211, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 37.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.45, 1.92, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.45, 31.02, 273.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% -0.0275 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.092 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1178, 7.2860, 20.4293)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234E7D #7D5223

analogous

#237B7D #234E7D #25237D

triadic

#234E7D #7D234E #4E7D23

tetradic

#234E7D #7D237B #7D5223 #237D25

square

#234E7D #7D237B #7D5223 #237D25

split-complementary

#234E7D #7D2523 #7B7D23

monochromatic

#08121D #16304D #234E7D #306CAD #4D8ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#234E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#234E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E7D

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234E7D	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39517F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C487C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00595F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.092 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697fa3',
    500: '#234e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234e7d;
$custom-light: #697fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41773,
    "c": 0.09219,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234E7D

secondary

#AF804C

accent

#9748E0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF3

border

#C7C9CD

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E7D

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

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