#234E88#234E88

#234E88 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.108 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234E88
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 136)
HSL	hsl(214, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(214, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 42.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 6.20, -36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 37.24, 279.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% -0.0247 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.108 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8598, 7.5828, 24.3372)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234E88 #885D23

analogous

#238088 #234E88 #2A2388

triadic

#234E88 #88234E #4E8823

tetradic

#234E88 #882380 #885D23 #23882A

square

#234E88 #882380 #885D23 #23882A

split-complementary

#234E88 #882A23 #808823

monochromatic

#0A1627 #163257 #234E88 #306AB9 #5389D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#234E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#234E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E88

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234E88	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32538A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.108 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7fab',
    500: '#234e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234e88;
$custom-light: #6c7fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.455,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4249,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234E88

secondary

#B78B50

accent

#A046E2

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E88

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

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