#234E9A#234E9A

#234E9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.133 H 260.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#234E9A
RGBrgb(35, 78, 154)
HSLhsl(218, 63%, 37%)
HSVhsv(218, 77%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(77.3%, 49.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LABlab(34.27, 13.30, -45.81)
CIE-LCHlch(34.27, 47.70, 286.18°)
OKLaboklab(43.77% -0.0213 -0.1316)
OKLCHoklch(43.77% 0.133 260.8)
XYZxyz(9.2482, 8.1381, 31.6490)
Luminance0.0814 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#234E9A #9A6F23
analogous
#238A9A #234E9A #33239A
triadic
#234E9A #9A234E #4E9A23
tetradic
#234E9A #9A238A #9A6F23 #239A33
square
#234E9A #9A238A #9A6F23 #239A33
split-complementary
#234E9A #9A3323 #8A9A23
monochromatic
#0C1B36 #183568 #234E9A #2E67CC #5D8ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.99
#234E9A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63
#234E9A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E9A
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##234E9A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##234E9A1.007.992.637.99
#FFFFFF7.991.0021.001.00
#0000002.6321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.991.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#23569D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004B98
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00606C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #234e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.133 260.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707fb8',
    500: '#234e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #234e9a;
$custom-light: #707fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#234e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.319,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4377,
    "c": 0.13333,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#234E9A
secondary
#BF9A5A
accent
#AB42E6
background
#F7F7FB
surface
#EDEEF6
border
#C8C9D0
text
#090A11
muted
#7B7C80

Preview Lab

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#234E9A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva