#243B53 · Charcoal

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#243B53 is a dark, muted blue color, closest to Charcoal and near Charcoal Blue and Charcoal. In OKLCH it has 34% lightness and 0.05 chroma at hue 250°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #243B53 a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#243B53
RGBrgb(36, 59, 83)
HSLhsl(211, 39%, 23%)
CMYK57, 29, 0, 67
CSS var--charcoal
Contrast11.5:1 white · 1.83:1 black

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How to use #243B53

White text passes WCAG AA on #243B53 (11.5:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #243B53 with its analogous neighbors #245152 and #252452; for contrast use its complement #523B24 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--charcoal: #243B53;

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