#232989#232989

#232989 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.156 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232989
RGB	rgb(35, 41, 137)
HSL	hsl(236, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(236, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 70.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.82, 31.75, -53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.82, 62.63, 300.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.77% 0.0061 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(34.77% 0.156 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9999, 3.7487, 24.0694)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232989 #898323

analogous

#235C89 #232989 #502389

triadic

#232989 #892329 #298923

tetradic

#232989 #89235C #898323 #238950

square

#232989 #89235C #898323 #238950

split-complementary

#232989 #895023 #5C8923

monochromatic

#0A0C28 #171A58 #232989 #2F38BA #535BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#232989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#232989 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232989

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232989	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 41, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.156 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e63ac',
    500: '#232989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232989;
$custom-light: #6e63ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34773,
    "c": 0.15626,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232989

secondary

#B7B151

accent

#D945E2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDEAF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232989

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

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