#234E89#234E89

#234E89 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.109 H 257.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234E89
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 137)
HSL	hsl(215, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(215, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 43.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.16, 6.60, -37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.16, 37.82, 280.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% -0.0245 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.109 257)
XYZ	xyz(7.9312, 7.6114, 24.7132)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234E89 #895E23

analogous

#238189 #234E89 #2B2389

triadic

#234E89 #89234E #4E8923

tetradic

#234E89 #892381 #895E23 #23892B

square

#234E89 #892381 #895E23 #23892B

split-complementary

#234E89 #892B23 #818923

monochromatic

#0A1628 #173258 #234E89 #2F6ABA #5389D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#234E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#234E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E89

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234E89	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32538B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.109 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7fac',
    500: '#234e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234e89;
$custom-light: #6c7fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.706,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42558,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.07612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234E89

secondary

#B78C51

accent

#A045E2

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E89

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

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