#231E95#231E95

#231E95 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.183 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231E95
RGB	rgb(35, 30, 149)
HSL	hsl(243, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(243, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 79.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.78, 42.46, -63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.78, 76.11, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(34.42% 0.0095 -0.1828)
OKLCH	oklch(34.42% 0.183 273)
XYZ	xyz(6.5804, 3.4551, 28.7480)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231E95 #90951E

analogous

#1E5495 #231E95 #5E1E95

triadic

#231E95 #95231E #1E9523

tetradic

#231E95 #951E54 #90951E #1E955E

square

#231E95 #951E54 #90951E #1E955E

split-complementary

#231E95 #955E1E #54951E

monochromatic

#0B092F #171462 #231E95 #2F28C8 #5751DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#231E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#231E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231E95

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231E95	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 30, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.183 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735db5',
    500: '#231e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231e95;
$custom-light: #735db5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.521,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34416,
    "c": 0.18303,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.03456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231E95

secondary

#BABF50

accent

#E93EE2

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#090411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #231E95

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

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