#232A9E#232A9E

#232A9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.183 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232A9E
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 158)
HSL	hsl(237, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(237, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 73.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.20, 38.67, -63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.20, 73.95, 301.53°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0028 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.183 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6906, 4.4810, 32.8007)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232A9E #9E9723

analogous

#23689E #232A9E #59239E

triadic

#232A9E #9E232A #2A9E23

tetradic

#232A9E #9E2368 #9E9723 #239E59

square

#232A9E #9E2368 #9E9723 #239E59

split-complementary

#232A9E #9E5923 #689E23

monochromatic

#0D0F3A #181D6C #232A9E #2E37D0 #6067DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#232A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#232A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232A9E

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232A9E	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.183 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7464bc',
    500: '#232a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232a9e;
$custom-light: #7464bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.585,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37132,
    "c": 0.18253,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232A9E

secondary

#C1BB5C

accent

#DD41E7

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #232A9E

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

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