#232A99#232A99

#232A99 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.176 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232A99
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 153)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 72.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.68, 36.90, -60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.68, 71.15, 301.23°)
OKLab	oklab(36.6% 0.0035 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(36.6% 0.176 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2689, 4.3124, 30.5801)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232A99 #999223

analogous

#236599 #232A99 #572399

triadic

#232A99 #99232A #2A9923

tetradic

#232A99 #992365 #999223 #239957

square

#232A99 #992365 #999223 #239957

split-complementary

#232A99 #995723 #659923

monochromatic

#0C0F35 #181C67 #232A99 #2E38CB #5D64DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#232A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#232A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232A99

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232A99	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00495E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.176 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7264b8',
    500: '#232a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232a99;
$custom-light: #7264b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.441,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36601,
    "c": 0.17615,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232A99

secondary

#BEB859

accent

#DC42E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #232A99

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

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