#232A40#232A40

#232A40 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.042 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232A40
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 64)
HSL	hsl(226, 29%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(226, 45%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 34.4%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.38, 3.73, -14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.38, 15.38, 284.05°)
OKLab	oklab(28.91% 0.0001 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(28.91% 0.042 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.4462, 2.3833, 5.1806)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232A40 #403923

analogous

#233940 #232A40 #2B2340

triadic

#232A40 #40232A #2A4023

tetradic

#232A40 #402339 #403923 #23402B

square

#232A40 #402339 #403923 #23402B

split-complementary

#232A40 #402B23 #394023

monochromatic

#0B0D14 #0D1018 #232A40 #394468 #4E5E8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#232A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#232A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232A40

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232A40	1.00	14.22	1.48	14.22
#FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#202A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2E32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.042 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f6375',
    500: '#232a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232a40;
$custom-light: #5f6375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.517,
    "s": 29.293,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28908,
    "c": 0.04165,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232A40

secondary

#736A4C

accent

#AE62C6

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040508

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #232A40

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

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