#232A56#232A56

#232A56 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.079 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232A56
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 86)
HSL	hsl(232, 42%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(232, 59%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 51.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.73, 11.74, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.73, 30.10, 292.95°)
OKLab	oklab(30.39% 0.0054 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(30.39% 0.079 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.2003, 2.6849, 9.1519)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232A56 #564F23

analogous

#234356 #232A56 #352356

triadic

#232A56 #56232A #2A5623

tetradic

#232A56 #562343 #564F23 #235635

square

#232A56 #562343 #564F23 #235635

split-complementary

#232A56 #563523 #435623

monochromatic

#090B16 #11152B #232A56 #353F81 #4654AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#232A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#232A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232A56

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232A56	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F2C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09343B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.079 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636386',
    500: '#232a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232a56;
$custom-light: #636386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.765,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30387,
    "c": 0.07919,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232A56

secondary

#8A814B

accent

#C156D2

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBEAEF

border

#C6C6CA

text

#05050B

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #232A56

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

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