#234E95#234E95

#234E95 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.126 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234E95
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 149)
HSL	hsl(217, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(217, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 47.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.93, 11.32, -43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.93, 44.78, 284.64°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% -0.0221 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.126 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8404, 7.9750, 29.5014)
Luminance	0.0798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234E95 #956A23

analogous

#238795 #234E95 #312395

triadic

#234E95 #95234E #4E9523

tetradic

#234E95 #952387 #956A23 #239531

square

#234E95 #952387 #956A23 #239531

split-complementary

#234E95 #953123 #879523

monochromatic

#0C1A32 #173463 #234E95 #2F68C7 #5A8AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#234E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#234E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E95

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234E95	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B4B94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.126 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7fb5',
    500: '#234e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234e95;
$custom-light: #6f7fb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.368,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43402,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234E95

secondary

#BD9657

accent

#A843E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E95

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

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