#234EA6#234EA6

#234EA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.150 H 262.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234EA6
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 166)
HSL	hsl(220, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(220, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 53%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.12, 18.02, -51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.12, 54.71, 289.24°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% -0.0197 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.15 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2980, 8.5581, 37.1781)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234EA6 #A67B23

analogous

#2390A6 #234EA6 #3923A6

triadic

#234EA6 #A6234E #4EA623

tetradic

#234EA6 #A62390 #A67B23 #23A639

square

#234EA6 #A62390 #A67B23 #23A639

split-complementary

#234EA6 #A63923 #90A623

monochromatic

#0E1F41 #183673 #234EA6 #3267D4 #658DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#234EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#234EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234EA6

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234EA6	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F59A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.150 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737fc1',
    500: '#234ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234ea6;
$custom-light: #737fc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.305,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4469,
    "c": 0.1501,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234EA6

secondary

#C4A361

accent

#B140E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF7

border

#C9C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #234EA6

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

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