#234E7E#234E7E

#234E7E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.094 H 253.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234E7E
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 126)
HSL	hsl(212, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 38.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.51, 2.31, -31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.51, 31.58, 274.19°)
OKLab	oklab(41.84% -0.0272 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(41.84% 0.094 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1820, 7.3117, 20.7674)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234E7E #7E5323

analogous

#237C7E #234E7E #25237E

triadic

#234E7E #7E234E #4E7E23

tetradic

#234E7E #7E237C #7E5323 #237E25

square

#234E7E #7E237C #7E5323 #237E25

split-complementary

#234E7E #7E2523 #7C7E23

monochromatic

#08131E #16304E #234E7E #306CAE #4E8ACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#234E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#234E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E7E

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234E7E	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#385180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B497D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.094 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7fa3',
    500: '#234e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234e7e;
$custom-light: #6a7fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.648,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41836,
    "c": 0.09361,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234E7E

secondary

#B0814C

accent

#9848E0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E7E

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

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