#232A8D#232A8D

#232A8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.160 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232A8D
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 141)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 70.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 32.56, -55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 64.30, 300.43°)
OKLab	oklab(35.35% 0.005 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(35.35% 0.16 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3272, 3.9357, 25.6203)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232A8D #8D8623

analogous

#235F8D #232A8D #51238D

triadic

#232A8D #8D232A #2A8D23

tetradic

#232A8D #8D235F #8D8623 #238D51

square

#232A8D #8D235F #8D8623 #238D51

split-complementary

#232A8D #8D5123 #5F8D23

monochromatic

#0B0D2B #171B5C #232A8D #2F39BE #555ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#232A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#232A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232A8D

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232A8D	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.160 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f64af',
    500: '#232a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232a8d;
$custom-light: #6f64af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.038,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35353,
    "c": 0.16045,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232A8D

secondary

#B9B253

accent

#D944E3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #232A8D

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

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