#231C65#231C65

#231C65 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.122 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231C65
RGB	rgb(35, 28, 101)
HSL	hsl(246, 57%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(246, 72%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 72.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.14, 27.12, -41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.14, 49.90, 302.92°)
OKLab	oklab(28.86% 0.0208 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(28.86% 0.123 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.4566, 2.1272, 12.5378)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231C65 #5E651C

analogous

#1C3A65 #231C65 #471C65

triadic

#231C65 #65231C #1C6523

tetradic

#231C65 #651C3A #5E651C #1C6547

square

#231C65 #651C3A #5E651C #1C6547

split-complementary

#231C65 #65471C #3A651C

monochromatic

#080718 #120F35 #231C65 #342995 #4437C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.73

#231C65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#231C65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231C65

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231C65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231C65	1.00	14.73	1.43	14.73
#FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231c65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 28, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.122 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675992',
    500: '#231c65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231c65;
$custom-light: #675992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231c65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.753,
    "s": 56.589,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2886,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231C65

secondary

#929A43

accent

#E048D1

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F1

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #231C65

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

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