#232A9A#232A9A

#232A9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.177 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232A9A
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 154)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 72.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 37.25, -61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 71.72, 301.29°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.0033 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.177 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3519, 4.3456, 31.0169)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232A9A #9A9323

analogous

#23659A #232A9A #58239A

triadic

#232A9A #9A232A #2A9A23

tetradic

#232A9A #9A2365 #9A9323 #239A58

square

#232A9A #9A2365 #9A9323 #239A58

split-complementary

#232A9A #9A5823 #659A23

monochromatic

#0C0F36 #181C68 #232A9A #2E38CC #5D65DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#232A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#232A9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232A9A

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232A9A	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.177 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7364b9',
    500: '#232a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232a9a;
$custom-light: #7364b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36706,
    "c": 0.17743,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232A9A

secondary

#BFB95A

accent

#DC42E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090512

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #232A9A

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

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