#232A8E#232A8E

#232A8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.162 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232A8E
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 142)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 70.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.56, 32.93, -55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.56, 64.88, 300.50°)
OKLab	oklab(35.46% 0.0049 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(35.46% 0.162 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4019, 3.9656, 26.0140)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232A8E #8E8723

analogous

#235F8E #232A8E #52238E

triadic

#232A8E #8E232A #2A8E23

tetradic

#232A8E #8E235F #8E8723 #238E52

square

#232A8E #8E235F #8E8723 #238E52

split-complementary

#232A8E #8E5223 #5F8E23

monochromatic

#0B0D2C #171B5D #232A8E #2F39BF #565ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#232A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#232A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232A8E

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232A8E	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.162 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7064b0',
    500: '#232a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232a8e;
$custom-light: #7064b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.075,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35455,
    "c": 0.16178,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232A8E

secondary

#B9B353

accent

#D944E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #232A8E

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

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