#232B49#232B49

#232B49 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.056 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B49
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 73)
HSL	hsl(227, 35%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(227, 52%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 41.1%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.21, 6.19, -19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.21, 20.73, 287.38°)
OKLab	oklab(29.72% 0.0013 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(29.72% 0.056 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.7592, 2.5660, 6.6519)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B49 #494123

analogous

#233E49 #232B49 #2E2349

triadic

#232B49 #49232B #2B4923

tetradic

#232B49 #49233E #494123 #23492E

square

#232B49 #49233E #494123 #23492E

split-complementary

#232B49 #492E23 #3E4923

monochromatic

#0A0C15 #0F1320 #232B49 #374372 #4B5C9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.88

#232B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#232B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B49

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B49	1.00	13.88	1.51	13.88
#FFFFFF	13.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#202E4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#153136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.056 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60647c',
    500: '#232b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b49;
$custom-light: #60647c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.368,
    "s": 35.185,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29718,
    "c": 0.05576,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B49

secondary

#7D724B

accent

#B45DCB

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#EAEAEE

border

#C6C6C9

text

#050509

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B49

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

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