#234b90

Color #234b90

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.8 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#234b90

RGB

rgb(35, 75, 144)

HSL

hsl(218, 60.9%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218, 75.7%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(75.7%, 47.9%, 0%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(32.71, 11.37, -42.25)

LCH

lch(32.71, 43.75, 285.06)

OKLCH

oklch(42.4%, 0.1229, 260.49)

HWB

hwb(218, 13.7%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#906823

Analogous

#238190

#234b90

#322390

Triadic

#234b90

#90234b

#4b9023

Split-complementary

#234b90

#903223

#819023

Tetradic

#234b90

#682390

#906823

#4b9023

Square

#234b90

#902381

#906823

#239032

Shades

Color #234b90 mixed toward black.

#1d3e78

#173260

#112548

#0c1930

#060c18

Tints

Color #234b90 mixed toward white.

#2e62bc

#4d7fd4

#7a9fdf

#a6bfe9

#d3dff4

Tones

Color #234b90 mixed toward gray.

#2c4d87

#35507e

#3e5275

#47556c

#505763

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.48:1

White text reads better on this background (8.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383983 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#363380 · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#267876 · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #234b90;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#234b90]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#234b90 (#234b90) is rgb(35, 75, 144) in RGB.

No, #234b90 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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