#231E86#231E86

#231E86 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.164 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231E86
RGB	rgb(35, 30, 134)
HSL	hsl(243, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(243, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 77.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.07, 37.44, -56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.07, 67.90, 303.46°)
OKLab	oklab(32.71% 0.0129 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(32.71% 0.164 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4591, 3.0066, 22.8423)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231E86 #81861E

analogous

#1E4D86 #231E86 #571E86

triadic

#231E86 #86231E #1E8623

tetradic

#231E86 #861E4D #81861E #1E8657

square

#231E86 #861E4D #81861E #1E8657

split-complementary

#231E86 #86571E #4D861E

monochromatic

#090822 #161354 #231E86 #3029B8 #4F48D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.11

#231E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#231E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231E86

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231E86	1.00	13.11	1.60	13.11
#FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 30, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.164 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f5caa',
    500: '#231e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231e86;
$custom-light: #6f5caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.885,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3271,
    "c": 0.16434,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231E86

secondary

#B3B847

accent

#E641DF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#080410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #231E86

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

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