#234E98#234E98

#234E98 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.131 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234E98
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 152)
HSL	hsl(218, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(218, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 48.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.13, 12.51, -44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.13, 46.54, 285.59°)
OKLab	oklab(43.62% -0.0216 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(43.62% 0.131 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0830, 8.0721, 30.7790)
Luminance	0.0807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234E98 #986D23

analogous

#238998 #234E98 #332398

triadic

#234E98 #98234E #4E9823

tetradic

#234E98 #982389 #986D23 #239833

square

#234E98 #982389 #986D23 #239833

split-complementary

#234E98 #983323 #899823

monochromatic

#0C1B35 #183466 #234E98 #2E68CA #5C8AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#234E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#234E98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E98

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234E98	1.00	8.03	2.61	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25569B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.131 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7fb7',
    500: '#234e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234e98;
$custom-light: #6f7fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.949,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43621,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234E98

secondary

#BE9959

accent

#AA42E6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E98

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

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