#234E8E#234E8E

#234E8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.116 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234E8E
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 142)
HSL	hsl(216, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 45.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 8.56, -39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 40.71, 282.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% -0.0234 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.116 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2982, 7.7582, 26.6461)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234E8E #8E6323

analogous

#23848E #234E8E #2E238E

triadic

#234E8E #8E234E #4E8E23

tetradic

#234E8E #8E2384 #8E6323 #238E2E

square

#234E8E #8E2384 #8E6323 #238E2E

split-complementary

#234E8E #8E2E23 #848E23

monochromatic

#0B182C #17335D #234E8E #2F69BF #5689D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#234E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#234E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E8E

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234E8E	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.116 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7faf',
    500: '#234e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234e8e;
$custom-light: #6d7faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.888,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42902,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234E8E

secondary

#B99053

accent

#A444E4

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E8E

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

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