#232A59#232A59

#232A59 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.084 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232A59
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 89)
HSL	hsl(232, 44%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(232, 61%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 52.8%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.95, 12.87, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.95, 32.08, 293.66°)
OKLab	oklab(30.62% 0.0059 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(30.62% 0.084 274)
XYZ	xyz(3.3237, 2.7343, 9.8019)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232A59 #595223

analogous

#234559 #232A59 #372359

triadic

#232A59 #59232A #2A5923

tetradic

#232A59 #592345 #595223 #235937

square

#232A59 #592345 #595223 #235937

split-complementary

#232A59 #593723 #455923

monochromatic

#090A16 #12152D #232A59 #343F85 #4653B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.57

#232A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#232A59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232A59

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232A59	1.00	13.57	1.55	13.57
#FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13305B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B2C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05353D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.084 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636388',
    500: '#232a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232a59;
$custom-light: #636388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.222,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30616,
    "c": 0.08408,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.02735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232A59

secondary

#8D844B

accent

#C355D3

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBEAF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#06050B

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #232A59

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

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