#232B45#232B45

#232B45 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.049 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B45
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 69)
HSL	hsl(226, 33%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(226, 49%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 37.7%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.98, 4.76, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.98, 18.05, 285.30°)
OKLab	oklab(29.47% 0.0002 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(29.47% 0.049 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.6309, 2.5146, 5.9758)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B45 #453D23

analogous

#233C45 #232B45 #2C2345

triadic

#232B45 #45232B #2B4523

tetradic

#232B45 #45233C #453D23 #23452C

square

#232B45 #45233C #453D23 #23452C

split-complementary

#232B45 #452C23 #3C4523

monochromatic

#0A0D14 #0E121C #232B45 #38446E #4C5E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.97

#232B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#232B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B45

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B45	1.00	13.97	1.50	13.97
#FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F2B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#173034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.049 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#606479',
    500: '#232b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b45;
$custom-light: #606479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 32.692,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29465,
    "c": 0.04886,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B45

secondary

#786E4B

accent

#B05FC9

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#050509

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B45

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

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