#232B50#232B50

#232B50 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.068 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B50
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 80)
HSL	hsl(229, 39%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(229, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 46.2%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.65, 8.76, -23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.65, 25.40, 290.18°)
OKLab	oklab(30.19% 0.003 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(30.19% 0.068 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.0045, 2.6641, 7.9438)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B50 #504823

analogous

#234250 #232B50 #312350

triadic

#232B50 #50232B #2B5023

tetradic

#232B50 #502342 #504823 #235031

square

#232B50 #502342 #504823 #235031

split-complementary

#232B50 #503123 #425023

monochromatic

#090B15 #101425 #232B50 #36427B #4859A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.70

#232B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#232B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B50

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B50	1.00	13.70	1.53	13.70
#FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C2F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F3339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.068 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616481',
    500: '#232b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b50;
$custom-light: #616481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.333,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30189,
    "c": 0.06767,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B50

secondary

#847A4B

accent

#BA59CF

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#EAEAEE

border

#C6C6C9

text

#05050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B50

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

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