#232A4E#232A4E

#232A4E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.066 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232A4E
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 78)
HSL	hsl(230, 38%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(230, 55%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 46.2%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.20, 8.74, -23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.20, 24.79, 290.66°)
OKLab	oklab(29.81% 0.004 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(29.81% 0.066 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.8958, 2.5631, 7.5484)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232A4E #4E4723

analogous

#23404E #232A4E #32234E

triadic

#232A4E #4E232A #2A4E23

tetradic

#232A4E #4E2340 #4E4723 #234E32

square

#232A4E #4E2340 #4E4723 #234E32

split-complementary

#232A4E #4E3223 #404E23

monochromatic

#090B15 #101324 #232A4E #364178 #4957A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.88

#232A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#232A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232A4E

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232A4E	1.00	13.88	1.51	13.88
#FFFFFF	13.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C2E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#113238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.066 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616380',
    500: '#232a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232a4e;
$custom-light: #616380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.233,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29808,
    "c": 0.06583,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232A4E

secondary

#82794B

accent

#BB5ACE

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#EAEAEE

border

#C6C6C9

text

#05050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #232A4E

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

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