#232A8F#232A8F

#232A8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.163 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232A8F
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 143)
HSL	hsl(236, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 70.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 33.29, -56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 65.46, 300.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0048 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.163 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4773, 3.9957, 26.4112)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232A8F #8F8823

analogous

#23608F #232A8F #52238F

triadic

#232A8F #8F232A #2A8F23

tetradic

#232A8F #8F2360 #8F8823 #238F52

square

#232A8F #8F2360 #8F8823 #238F52

split-complementary

#232A8F #8F5223 #608F23

monochromatic

#0B0D2D #171C5E #232A8F #2F38C0 #575FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#232A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#232A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232A8F

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232A8F	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.163 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7064b1',
    500: '#232a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232a8f;
$custom-light: #7064b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.111,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35558,
    "c": 0.16311,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232A8F

secondary

#BAB354

accent

#D944E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #232A8F

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

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