#232AA9#232AA9

#232AA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.196 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232AA9
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(237, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(237, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 42.49, -67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 79.98, 302.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.0011 -0.1962)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.196 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6801, 4.8768, 38.0123)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232AA9 #A9A223

analogous

#236DA9 #232AA9 #5F23A9

triadic

#232AA9 #A9232A #2AA923

tetradic

#232AA9 #A9236D #A9A223 #23A95F

square

#232AA9 #A9236D #A9A223 #23A95F

split-complementary

#232AA9 #A95F23 #6DA923

monochromatic

#0E1144 #191D76 #232AA9 #343DD5 #676DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#232AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#232AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232AA9

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232AA9	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.196 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7665c4',
    500: '#232aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232aa9;
$custom-light: #7665c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.866,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38323,
    "c": 0.19624,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232AA9

secondary

#C5C063

accent

#E03FE9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #232AA9

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

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