#231E85#231E85

#231E85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.163 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231E85
RGB	rgb(35, 30, 133)
HSL	hsl(243, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(243, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 77.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.96, 37.10, -56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.96, 67.34, 303.43°)
OKLab	oklab(32.6% 0.0131 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(32.6% 0.163 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3896, 2.9788, 22.4767)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231E85 #80851E

analogous

#1E4C85 #231E85 #571E85

triadic

#231E85 #85231E #1E8523

tetradic

#231E85 #851E4C #80851E #1E8557

square

#231E85 #851E4C #80851E #1E8557

split-complementary

#231E85 #85571E #4C851E

monochromatic

#090721 #161353 #231E85 #3029B7 #4F48D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.16

#231E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#231E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231E85

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231E85	1.00	13.16	1.60	13.16
#FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 30, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.163 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e5caa',
    500: '#231e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231e85;
$custom-light: #6e5caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.913,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32598,
    "c": 0.16307,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231E85

secondary

#B2B847

accent

#E642DE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#080410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #231E85

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

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