#234E82#234E82

#234E82 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.099 H 254.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234E82
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 130)
HSL	hsl(213, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 40%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.74, 3.86, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.74, 33.82, 276.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% -0.0261 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.099 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4453, 7.4170, 22.1540)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234E82 #825723

analogous

#237E82 #234E82 #272382

triadic

#234E82 #82234E #4E8223

tetradic

#234E82 #82237E #825723 #238227

square

#234E82 #82237E #825723 #238227

split-complementary

#234E82 #822723 #7E8223

monochromatic

#091422 #163152 #234E82 #306BB2 #508AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#234E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#234E82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E82

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234E82	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#365284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#284981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.099 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7fa6',
    500: '#234e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234e82;
$custom-light: #6b7fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.842,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42092,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234E82

secondary

#B3854D

accent

#9B47E1

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E82

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

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