#234E9D#234E9D

#234E9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.138 H 261.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234E9D
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 157)
HSL	hsl(219, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(219, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 50.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.48, 14.48, -47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.48, 49.46, 287.02°)
OKLab	oklab(44% -0.0208 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.138 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5011, 8.2393, 32.9814)
Luminance	0.0824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234E9D #9D7223

analogous

#238B9D #234E9D #35239D

triadic

#234E9D #9D234E #4E9D23

tetradic

#234E9D #9D238B #9D7223 #239D35

square

#234E9D #9D238B #9D7223 #239D35

split-complementary

#234E9D #9D3523 #8B9D23

monochromatic

#0D1C39 #18356B #234E9D #2E67CF #5F8BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#234E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#234E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E9D

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234E9D	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F57A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.138 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717fba',
    500: '#234e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234e9d;
$custom-light: #717fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.852,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43995,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234E9D

secondary

#C09D5C

accent

#AC41E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E9D

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

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