#231E46#231E46

#231E46 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.4% C 0.072 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231E46
RGB	rgb(35, 30, 70)
HSL	hsl(248, 40%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(248, 57%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 57.1%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.99, 14.57, -24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.99, 28.45, 300.80°)
OKLab	oklab(26.44% 0.02 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(26.44% 0.072 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.2626, 1.7280, 6.0075)
Luminance	0.0173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.87

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231E46 #41461E

analogous

#1E2D46 #231E46 #371E46

triadic

#231E46 #46231E #1E4623

tetradic

#231E46 #461E2D #41461E #1E4637

square

#231E46 #461E2D #41461E #1E4637

split-complementary

#231E46 #46371E #2D461E

monochromatic

#0B0915 #0E0C1B #231E46 #383071 #4E439C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.61

#231E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#231E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231E46

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231E46	1.00	15.61	1.35	15.61
#FFFFFF	15.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C2547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B2245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18262E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 30, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.4% 0.072 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61597a',
    500: '#231e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231e46;
$custom-light: #61597a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26441,
    "c": 0.07226,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231E46

secondary

#747B45

accent

#D058C1

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#EAE9ED

border

#C6C5C8

text

#050309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #231E46

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

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