#234E96#234E96

#234E96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.128 H 260.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234E96
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 150)
HSL	hsl(218, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(218, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 48%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.00, 11.72, -43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.00, 45.37, 284.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% -0.0219 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.128 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9206, 8.0071, 29.9236)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234E96 #966B23

analogous

#238896 #234E96 #322396

triadic

#234E96 #96234E #4E9623

tetradic

#234E96 #962388 #966B23 #239632

square

#234E96 #962388 #966B23 #239632

split-complementary

#234E96 #963223 #889623

monochromatic

#0C1A33 #173464 #234E96 #2F68C8 #5B8AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#234E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#234E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E96

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234E96	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#074B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.128 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7fb5',
    500: '#234e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234e96;
$custom-light: #6f7fb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.565,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43475,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234E96

secondary

#BD9758

accent

#A843E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E96

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →