#234E87#234E87

#234E87 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.106 H 256.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234E87
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 135)
HSL	hsl(214, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(214, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 42.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.04, 5.81, -36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.04, 36.67, 279.12°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% -0.0249 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.106 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7891, 7.5545, 23.9646)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234E87 #875C23

analogous

#238087 #234E87 #2A2387

triadic

#234E87 #87234E #4E8723

tetradic

#234E87 #872380 #875C23 #23872A

square

#234E87 #872380 #875C23 #23872A

split-complementary

#234E87 #872A23 #808723

monochromatic

#0A1626 #163256 #234E87 #306AB8 #5289D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#234E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#234E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E87

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234E87	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#335389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.106 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7faa',
    500: '#234e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234e87;
$custom-light: #6c7faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.2,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42423,
    "c": 0.10633,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234E87

secondary

#B68A50

accent

#9F46E2

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E87

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

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