#232496#232496

#232496 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.179 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232496
RGB	rgb(35, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(239, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(239, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.07, 39.45, -61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.07, 73.19, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(35.36% 0.0068 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(35.36% 0.179 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8272, 3.8204, 29.2258)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232496 #969523

analogous

#235E96 #232496 #5C2396

triadic

#232496 #962324 #249623

tetradic

#232496 #96235E #969523 #23965C

square

#232496 #96235E #969523 #23965C

split-complementary

#232496 #965C23 #5E9623

monochromatic

#0C0C33 #171864 #232496 #2F30C8 #5B5CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#232496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#232496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232496

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232496	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.179 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7260b6',
    500: '#232496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232496;
$custom-light: #7260b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.478,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35357,
    "c": 0.17858,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232496

secondary

#BDBC58

accent

#E443E5

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #232496

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

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