#232A7E#232A7E

#232A7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.140 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232A7E
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 126)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(235, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 66.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.01, 27.00, -48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.01, 55.43, 299.15°)
OKLab	oklab(33.86% 0.0065 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(33.86% 0.14 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2857, 3.5191, 20.1353)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232A7E #7E7723

analogous

#23587E #232A7E #4A237E

triadic

#232A7E #7E232A #2A7E23

tetradic

#232A7E #7E2358 #7E7723 #237E4A

square

#232A7E #7E2358 #7E7723 #237E4A

split-complementary

#232A7E #7E4A23 #587E23

monochromatic

#080A1E #161A4E #232A7E #303AAE #4E58CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#232A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#232A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232A7E

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232A7E	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.140 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c63a4',
    500: '#232a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232a7e;
$custom-light: #6c63a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33861,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232A7E

secondary

#B0A94C

accent

#D448E0

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECEAF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232A7E

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

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